Have you ever felt sorry for Nicodemus? He ventured out in the dark to talk with Jesus in the hope that the man he called ‘Rabbi’ could answer a few pressing religious questions. He found Jesus, who guessed the perplexed man's questions before they were asked and then left him
(Read the first article in this series.)It is said that the proper study of mankind is man, but is the proper study of spirituality the spirit? Well, yes and no. How can you study a spirit? Eastern mysticism tells us to start the enquiry inside ourselves, whereas western materialism warns
We seek him here,We seek him there,Those Frenchies seek him everywhere,Is he in Heaven?Is he in Hell?That demmed elusive PIMPERNELWith qualifications to the last few lines, and apologies to Baroness Orczy and her Scarlet Pimpernel, these words could just as well apply to our current dilemma over the presence of
The Briefing tracked down the interview that David Peterson mentions in his article, ‘The Dead Sea Scrolls again’, in which three Qumran scholars—Barbara Thiering, Geza Vermes and Max Wilcox—speak with ABC Sunday Night Talk host, John Cleary, about Thiering's new book, Jesus the Man. Geza Vermes is Emeritus Professor in