Matt Thiessen
@mattthiessen.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, McMaster University. Author of Jesus & the Forces of Death and A Jewish Paul: The Messiah's Herald to the Gentiles.
Sorry but it sounds like the Christ of this new denomination isn't into things like mercy.
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Sorry but it sounds like the Christ of this new denomination isn't into things like mercy.
over Hockey Night in Canada? Unlikely.
November 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
over Hockey Night in Canada? Unlikely.
You must read the book! But why can't John's Jesus be very different from the Synoptics if he knows the Synoptics? Is the assumption (shared with Percival Gardner-Smith who popularized the view that John did not know Synoptics) that John could not possibly have disagreed so strongly with them?
October 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
You must read the book! But why can't John's Jesus be very different from the Synoptics if he knows the Synoptics? Is the assumption (shared with Percival Gardner-Smith who popularized the view that John did not know Synoptics) that John could not possibly have disagreed so strongly with them?
Trust me - read it!
October 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Trust me - read it!
I am in this cartoon and i don't like it.
October 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I am in this cartoon and i don't like it.