Tag: Jesus and the Gospels

D-Day

In 1945, the allies began their long awaited counter attack against Hitler to remove him from western Europe.  Troops were amassed, the Americans, increasingly the most powerful military power in the world had joined the war and on D-Day, June 6th, a massive naval and land-amphibious assault was launched, Apparently the “D” stands for “Day”,… Continue reading D-Day

Teach us to pray

Luke joins Matthew in including a version of what became known as the Lord’s Prayer. However, unlike Matthew, Luke separates the prayer off from the Sermon on the Mount.   This may reflect the structuring of the Gospels to make points but also, as likely is that Jesus repeats in private, teaching he has given publicly. … Continue reading Teach us to pray