Jesus’‘parable’of the sheep and the goats in Matt 25.31–46 is very well known and widely misinterpreted. It forms one part of the extended teaching about ‘the end’distinctive to Matthew (compared with Mark and Luke). It is most commonly interpreted as an injunction to help the poor;most Christians (in the West at [...] Matt 24.36–41 is one of the two key passages used to teach the doctrine of the ‘rapture’,the idea that believers will secretly be taken up to be with Jesus at some point before his ‘return.’(The other passage is 1 Thess 4.13–18.) But close reading shows that Jesus teaches no such thing. The passage [...] I am working with Celia Kellett at BBC Radio Nottingham on an idea to present most of the books of the Bible,one a week,during 2011 as part of the celebrations of the King James Bible. The plan is to read some verses from the book,to give a one-and-a-half minute summary,to hear a human interest [...] | ||
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