Today’s News: John 19:1-23
In reading the first half of John 19 the other day, I was struck with how real, how straightforward the narration is. It does not read like a made-up mythopoetic fantasy, but instead like reportage (I’m paraphrasing C.S. Lewis). But see what you think: Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. The soldiers twisted together … [Read more…]