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Truly, this was a righteous man

Truly, this was a righteous man

It was now about noon and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon because of an eclipse of the sun. Then the veil of the temple was torn down the middle. Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit”

Christus Victor Date: 1450 Artist: Angelico, fra, ca. 1400-1455 Public Domain

The Harrowing of Hell

[He] was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into Hell. On the third day, he rose again from the dead. He ascended into Heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. On this Holy Saturday, remember that Christ busted open the doors to Hell.

Christ Crucified 1632 painting by Diego Velázquez (Museum: Museo del Prado)

WHB Weekly Digest 2023-04-07: Good Friday

I put Spengler's Future back online yesterday, and I added in a dynamic table of contents.

Hello, may I come in?

Linkfest 2023-02-25: The Gospel Truth

On Twitter this morning I commented on how historical and literary criticism of the Gospels has slowly come around to the traditional interpretation, although I suspect many people haven’t quite caught on to that yet. In particular, I love this from PEG’s book review of Jesus and the

The Long View 2009-01-25: Seigniorage & Other Matters

I’ve sometimes said that John wasn’t great with data, but what I mean is that he didn’t have the same kind of visual style I do. For example, in this blog post John said: President Obama's approval ratings will, no doubt, soon fall into line with the

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