By Joe LaGuardia In the last two hundred years of biblical research, scholars have outlined various “quests” for the historical Jesus. Each quest accompanies new insights into historical records and artifacts that emphasize some never-before-understood facet about Jesus of Nazareth. The first quest, around the turn of the eighteenth century, applied new approaches of historical inquiryContinue reading “The New Quest for the Historical Jesus”
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Learn from the Italians: talk over one another!
By Joe LaGuardia In the South, it is considered rude to speak over another person. It is polite to listen and yield to your conversational partner. After all, Southerners are known to be humble, mannered folk. Not so for us Italians. While growing up around a table full of bread, wine, and pasta, I learned that speaking overContinue reading “Learn from the Italians: talk over one another!”
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