This Week in Word from the Bird

Review of The Global Politics of Jesus. Why Tom Wright and I wrote our book. Israel/Gaza as a Tale of Two Evils. Have you ever heard of Mariccus of Gaul?

Monday: Review of The Global Politics of Jesus - Part 1 (Free Sign-Ups)
My review of Nilay Saiya’s critique of Christian Nationalism and argument for the separation of church and state.

Tuesday: Review of The Global Politics of Jesus - Part 2 (Free Sign-Ups)
My review of Nilay Saiya’s critique of Christian Nationalism and argument for the separation of church and state.

Wednesday: Why we wrote Jesus and the Powers (Free Sign-Ups)
Tom Wright and I wrote Jesus and the Powers - releasing on 26 March, in six literal days - because we were convinced that our political age is fraught with peril and Christians need to know how to respond to it with wisdom, courage, and grace.

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Thursday: A Tale of Two Evils (Paid Subscribers)
It’s hard to speak to people about the Israel-Gaza conflict because people on both sides live in alternative factual universes. Some people can’t bring themselves to acknowledge the Hamas atrocities just as others can’t bring themselves to acknowledge the Israeli’s brutality against Gazans.

Friday: Mariccus of Gaul: Peasant, Rebel, God (Paid Subscribers)
Do you know anyone who preached a message of liberation, believed he was a god, was killed by the Romans, even though the people thought he was unable to be killed? No, this was not Jesus of Nazareth, it was in fact Mariccus of Gaul.