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Picturing Jesus — Part II: What is Jesus looking at up there?

Michael Frost — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 11:12:26 +0000

I’m neither an artist nor an historian, but I’ve been fascinated with the way Jesus has been portrayed by artists throughout history. Over the next few posts I’m planning to take a very selective look at how we have pictured Jesus at different eras and in different cultures. I remember visiting a cathedral once with […]

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Was Christ sexually assaulted?

Michael Frost — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 18:58:17 +0000

Catholic blogger, Mary Pezzulo stirred up a bit of controversy this Lent when she published, Was Jesus Really Sexually Abused? I must admit, it was a question that hadn’t even crossed my mind before. Pezzulo’s basis for raising it comes from both a reading of the Gospel accounts of the crucifixion as well as historical […]

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5 Ways Jesus Would Respond in Today’s World

Michael Frost — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 12:03:37 +0000

Russia probes, nuclear summits, refugee crises, #MeToo, and more—these days it feels like everything is in flux. How would Jesus respond to the political and social upheaval we’re currently experiencing? Not with acquiescence and passivity. Not by giving in to the arresting powers of conformity and privacy. But by building a new world order—what Jesus […]

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Returning violence for violence only multiplies violence

Michael Frost — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 05:28:49 +0000

When I was a kid, I gave an opposing player some lip on the rugby field and he punched me in the face so hard and so quickly I didn’t even see it coming. One minute I was trash-talking him and the next minute I was on my butt, my head spinning, watching him run […]

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Stronger men? Let’s not dish up lazy male stereotypes in the name of Jesus

Michael Frost — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 02:58:38 +0000

You might have seen the promo video for the Stronger Men’s Conference coming up on April 13-14 in Springfield, Missouri. It features commandos rappelling onto the stage, an MMA cage fight, monster trucks, and a guy firing semi-automatic pistols. In the video you can hear one of the speakers announcing that while the devil likes […]

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We don’t need a more violent Christianity (it’s plenty violent already)

Michael Frost — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 01:38:59 +0000

When Christ disarmed Peter in the garden, he disarmed all Christians and cursed the works of the sword for ever after. ~ Tertullian I’d never heard of Dave Daubenmire before this week. All I know is he’s a former football coach-turned-evangelist who has gained some notoriety for his televised rant about the need for […]

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