The Last Week - Marcus Borg & Dominic Crossan

Saturday, March 31, 2007

The Last Week - Marcus Borg & Dominic Crossan

Last year I blogged my way through the book "The Last Week". It was a turning point for my understanding of the passion of Christ which is NOT his ability to endure pain on the cross (sorry Mel Gibson!). The book does a great job of exploring what Jesus was actually passionate about and why he was executed. I thought I would republish the posts here as I'm reading the book again this Easter season. Of all the posts I've made over the last few years, these posts get the most attention and coverage in the search engines. I recommend this book more than any other book I own. I'll be out of town for a few days, but I hope people will feel free to respond and share their thoughts as holy week approaches.

Holy Week - Palm Sunday
Holy Week - Monday
Holy Week - Tuesday
Holy Week - Wednesday
Holy Week - Thursday
Holy Week - Friday
Holy Week - Saturday
Holy Week - Easter Sunday

1 comments:

Michael Westmoreland-White said...

You are right that Mel Gibson misses the point of the cross, which is not about how much torture Jesus could endure, but about shame. This is only one of MANY problems in his film.

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