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Archive for March, 2007

What Did Jesus REALLY Say?

March 4, 2007 at 10:30 am · Filed under All

(And, Should We Be Afraid To Ask?) — Rev. Lisa R. Schwartz

Rigorous Biblical scholarship has come into its own in recent years. The Christ of creed and dogma has paled in comparison to Jesus the controversial man, at odds with the institutional religion of his day, his family, and the government that ruled his land. Rev. Lisa R. Schwartz talks about the words of Jesus, how the medium (church tradition) affected the message, and what it might be like to reclaim the words of Jesus and apply them to our lives…if we dare.

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