Portilla, Isaac. What Christ Said: Revisiting the Countercultural Sayings of Jesus Christ. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2022. 136 p.

The Obedience of Jesus Christ

As an examiner for colleges participating in the Australian College of Theology I set a question asking students to explain the importance of the distinction between the active and passive obedience of Christ. To my surprise of the eighty or so students who sat the exam only one tried to answer the question, and he or she had misunderstood it completely. Why would this be the case among student...

On the physical death of Jesus Christ.

Jesus of Nazareth underwent Jewish and Roman trials, was flogged, and was sentenced to death by crucifixion. The scourging produced deep stripelike lacerations and appreciable blood loss, and it probably set the stage for hypovolemic shock, as evidenced by the fact that Jesus was too weakened to carry the crossbar (patibulum) to Golgotha. At the site of crucifixion, his wrists were nailed to th...

Digital Preservation at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a worldwide Christian church with more than 14.4 million members and 28,784 congregations. With headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah (USA), the Church operates three universities, a business college, 136 temples, and thousands of seminaries and institutes of religion around the world that enroll more than 700,000 students in religious training....

The Healing Christ

In keeping with our theme, Health and Hope, we began on Tuesday to examine the concept of whole person healing which affirms that we can live out the reality of being created in God’s image. As God’s image becomes restored in this process, the God-given mental, social and spiritual capacities of our patients become liberated and their physical health renewed. In this way, we can counteract the ...

Medical and cardiological aspects of the passion and crucifixion of Jesus, the Christ.