“You’ve given me the confidence to feel I can go out with someone else,” she told me on Valentine’s Day. Nearly 40 years on (and after over 30 with my wife) I can laugh at the back-handed compliment from a former girlfriend as she left me for another man. But at the time it felt… Continue reading Judas Iscariot (1) – Betrayal
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Mary Magdalene (1) – Fiction
After considering Judas’ lasting reputation, we now turn to another of Jesus’ followers whose story has been embellished and fabricated long after they lived: Mary Magdalene. Please read Luke 8:1-3 Coming from the fishing village of Magdala Tarichaea on the western shore of Lake Galilee, for centuries after her death she has been called a… Continue reading Mary Magdalene (1) – Fiction
The Uncondemned Woman (1) – Accused
As with the woman from Samaria, here we have another unnamed woman. Another woman facing the judgement and prejudices of others. A woman forever remembered by something she was caught doing. Please read John 7:53-8:11 This encounter is one that has puzzled many over the years. Indeed, its very place in the Gospels has been… Continue reading The Uncondemned Woman (1) – Accused