Brian Griffith.

Jesus on Women

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Correcting Respect for Womenby Brian GriffithIn the first-century Middle East, it was a dangerous and shocking thing if a woman left her family to go wandering with men who weren’t her relatives. That sort of behavior could get people killed. But the Gospels say, “[Jesus] went journeying from town to town and village to village…. With him were the Twelve and … [Read more...] about Jesus on Women

Correcting Equality

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by Brian GriffithFrom Chapter 6, “Correcting Equality”, from the ms. of Correcting Jesus, by Brian GriffithOct. 9, 2008 The Backlash Against the Godless RabbleDown to the reigns of Mussolini or Franco in the 1930s, possibly most people in Europe still assumed that absolute monarchies or military dictatorships were Christian, while rule by consent of the sinners … [Read more...] about Correcting Equality

From DIFFERENT VISIONS OF LOVE: What’s Fundamental For Me?

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By Brian Griffith, from his book DIFFERENT VISIONS OF LOVEMy friend Nina is a Muslim woman who taught me a lot. She was a divorced mother who faced some harassment from certain Muslim men, and the way she responded changed my relation to Christianity. She mentioned one day that several men at her mosque were complaining about her.  She had noticed these men several times, … [Read more...] about From DIFFERENT VISIONS OF LOVE: What’s Fundamental For Me?

Fear and Unity Under Persecution

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 by Brian Griffith (excerpted from his book DIFFERENT VISIONS OF LOVE)As the early Christians went about preaching, their overlords were certainly watching. As the Roman official Celsus observed in second-century Asia Minor, We see them in our homes, wool dressers, cobblers and fullers, the most uneducated and common individuals, not daring to say a word in the … [Read more...] about Fear and Unity Under Persecution