The tension: Luke 16:8 has Jesus declare, in the parable of the unjust steward, that "the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light."…
The tension: Luke 23:43 has Jesus promise the criminal on the cross, "To day shalt thou be with me in paradise." John 20:17 has the resurrected Jesus tell Mary Magdalene, "…
The tension: Luke 23:43 has Jesus promise the repentant criminal that they will be together in paradise that very day, implying Jesus went to paradise.
The tension: John 20:17 has Jesus tell Mary Magdalene, "Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father." Matthew 28:9 has the women hold Jesus by the feet and worship…
The tension: Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount and parallel Lukan material tells his followers to take no thought for tomorrow, to give to everyone who asks, to lend without…
The tension: Luke 14:26 has Jesus state baldly that no one can be his disciple without hating father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, and his own life.
The tension: Romans 13:1-6 commands universal submission to governing authorities on the grounds that they are ordained by God, are God's ministers, and punish only evildoe…
The tension: Acts 1:9-12 places the ascension on the Mount of Olives (Olivet), with the disciples returning to Jerusalem from there "a sabbath day's journey." Luke 24:50-51…
The tension: Matthew 11:2-5 has Jesus point to his miracles — blind seeing, lame walking, lepers cleansed, deaf hearing, dead raised — as the answer to John the Baptist's q…
