Jesus...appears to do no work, and is accused of being a glutton and a drunkard. He is presented as homeless, propertyless, celibate, peripatetic, socially marginal, disdainful of kinsfolk, without a trade, a friend of outcasts and pariahs, averse to material possessions, without fear for his own safety, carelss about purity regulations, critical of traditional authority, a thorn in the side of the Establishment, and a scourge of the rich and powerful. Though he was no revolutionary in the modern sense of the term, he has something of the lifestyle of one.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Jesus In Summary
Who is Jesus? Here's a thoroughly biblical summary of the man from Terry Eagleton:
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Thank God for the truth of Jesus! God Bless you!
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