I am always intrigued by why the Bible bothered listing out names of people. And most of the times, very long list.
Luke did that as well listing out Jesus’ lineage, perhaps in confirmation to some known traditions of the Jesus story.
He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph,
the son of Heli, the son of [...]
Luke must have wanted us to look into what was in Jesus’ head when he told the story of Jesus reading the Isaiah scroll in a synagogue in Nazareth.
When I was younger, I used to pick up the Bible, say a prayer, close my eyes, open up to a random page, point to a random [...]
Originally published here (with slight editing): http://malaysiakini.com/letters/120566
There are many things we can say about the Pakatan Rakyat Common Policy Platform, but I would like to focus on one thing, there is a new confidence to embrace one another as Malaysians.
This was symbolized by the breaking away from the Government-imposed taboo of speaking about race and [...]
It’s funny how god works. Because if we or any of the religious-type were in charge, we would probably have done it the other way ’round.
If we have it our way with correcting the wrongs of the world, we will probably do one of the two extremes; come down in chariots of fire with legions [...]
JR and I have finished our reading of Luke’s Gospel. As I read it aloud to her, I have been mental-bookmarking sections which Luke was connecting Jesus’ ministry and his social theology.
Mary’s Magnificat is significant, in that Luke seemed to be presenting elements of class struggle.
Mary began with a reflection of her own inferior social [...]
