What would you do if you found out you didn't know Jesus as well as you thought? That's the question we all asked ourselves as we opened the pages of "Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus" by Anne Spangler. It's our Bible Study on Tuesdays, at 1:00pm.
Many of us have been raised as Christians - we know the Bible stories - we know the old hymns - and yet each page seems to hold new ancient truths that we have never heard before . . .how does THAT happen?
Others are completely new to the faith and they sit enraptured by the stories that are woven into the pages. Jesus is a man who is completely different from the surfer Jesus that they see on church walls (usually holding children), or the crucified Jesus that they see on the Dollar Store figurines, or even the revolutionary Guevara that becomes silkscreened on our shirts.
As we learn more and more, it seems as though our answer changes . . .and yet does it really? Perhaps it will make us more loving (surfer jesus?), more giving (crucified jesus?), and more committed (guevara jesus?).
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