Time out – Anxious thoughts
Halt! About face! . . . time to rethink a thing or two… I didn’t post the part 5 to my series Christ is not Jesus Last Name because I felt I was boring you with too much old-lady kind … Continue reading →
Janice D. Green
Janice D. Green retired as an elementary librarian to write children's books. She is author and publisher of The Creation and The First Christmas, Bible storybooks for children. Her passion is to write about the Bible in a way that encourages young families to want to read it for themselves.
Christ is not Jesus’ last name (4) Colossians 1:18
The Apostle Paul tells us in Colossians 1:18 that Christ is the head of the church. No denomination was listed in this verse, no street address or town. (I’m being a little ridiculous, but only to make a point.) The church the … Continue reading →
Christ is not Jesus’ last name (3) Colossians 1:17
Colossians 1:17 tells us that Jesus the Christ holds all creation together. It’s like he is the glue that keeps everything from falling apart. Scientists tell us that the actual physical matter in an atom is minuscule compared to the … Continue reading →
Christ is not Jesus’ last name (2) – Colossians 1:15-16
If you read yesterday’s post, you will remember that if Jesus used a last name it probably would have been “bar Joseph,” since his legal father was Joseph. The rest of the family would not have been called Christ, because … Continue reading →
Christ is not Jesus’ last name (1) – Colossians 1:15
We are used to people having first, middle, and last names, so it is easy for people to assume that Christ is Jesus’ last name. But in Jesus’ time, if he had a last name it would probably have been … Continue reading →