Aaron Mead
Flash Fiction: Black Lung Son
Momma threw the first handful on the coffin, and then we all done the same. Black dirt. Just like the coal. There we were, throwin’ dirt...
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Aaron Mead
- Jan 20, 2019
- 5 min
Mind the Gap: The Gospels and Oral Transmission
In recent posts (e.g., here and here), I’ve been writing about the authorship of the Gospels, and the degree to which Gospel content may...
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Aaron Mead
- Dec 2, 2018
- 6 min
Advent and the Gospel
Lately, I’ve been thinking about what, exactly, the message of the gospel is. Of course, the term ‘gospel’ means “good news.” The puzzle...
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Aaron Mead
- Oct 26, 2018
- 5 min
Author of Matthew: Eyewitness to Jesus or Gentile Pretender?
In this post I conclude my case for the traditional view that the author of the Gospel according to Matthew (“Matthew,” or the “first...
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Aaron Mead
- Aug 10, 2018
- 6 min
Who Wrote the Gospel according to Matthew?
Last time, I looked at the going theory of how the three Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) were composed. I did this to lay some...
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Aaron Mead
- Jul 23, 2018
- 6 min
How to Write a Gospel: Borrow + Edit = Scripture
Do the four Gospels of the New Testament accurately represent the historical ministry of Jesus? The case that they do would seem more...
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Aaron Mead
- Jun 26, 2018
- 8 min
Who Wrote the Gospel according to Mark?
According to the traditional view, the four Gospels in the New Testament—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John (the “canonical” Gospels)—were...
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Aaron Mead
- May 29, 2018
- 4 min
The Historicity of the Gospels: Bart Ehrman’s Skeptical View
In Chapter 3 of How Jesus Became God, Bart Ehrman begins with a story from his days as a student at Moody Bible Institute in the 1970s....
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Aaron Mead
- Apr 22, 2018
- 8 min
…and then the apostle Paul sent the slave back to his master
During the struggle for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the New Testament letter...
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Aaron Mead
- Mar 24, 2018
- 6 min
Prayer at School
I recently got a spammy chain-letter-style Facebook message from a professing Christian with whom my only contact has ever been on social...
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Aaron Mead
- Feb 23, 2018
- 6 min
White Collar Sweatshops and Communism for the Rich: The View from Vietnam
There is something deeply right and beautiful about the principle, “From each according to her ability, to each according to her need.”...
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Aaron Mead
- Feb 14, 2018
- 2 min
Finding Forgiveness in Vietnam
I came to Vietnam seeking forgiveness. Around 1970, when my father was about to be drafted and sent to war in Vietnam, he and my mother...
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Aaron Mead
- Feb 5, 2018
- 3 min
Saigon: City of the Scooter
I’m working in Saigon (officially Ho Chi Minh City) for a couple of weeks on a project. Work has been pretty demanding, so I haven’t seen...
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Aaron Mead
- Dec 12, 2017
- 8 min
Pope Francis on the Lord’s Prayer: Leading Us into Temptation
Like the rest of the New Testament, the Lord’s Prayer was originally written in Koine Greek (though Jesus likely spoke it in Aramaic)....
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Aaron Mead
- Dec 10, 2017
- 1 min
What’s Wrong with Networking? An Ethicist’s Perspective
My latest post is published on Medium.com. Choice quote: A while back a more seasoned colleague gave me some networking advice. He...
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Aaron Mead
- Nov 14, 2017
- 3 min
To Whom Much is Given, Little is Expected (Sometimes)
I’ve been given much. It’s been given to me to hear, understand, and embrace the gospel of Jesus. I’ve been given a wonderful family;...
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Aaron Mead
- Nov 3, 2017
- 1 min
Patient Trust
Here is a poetic encouragement to patient trust in God that has been soothing my soul since my friend Peter Hough shared it with me a few...
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Aaron Mead
- Oct 22, 2017
- 4 min
Paul Against Peter and James
Lately I’ve begun reading commentaries on some of the Apostle Paul’s letters in the New Testament as part of my research for a novel I’m...
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Aaron Mead
- Oct 1, 2017
- 4 min
Aquinas on the Virtues: Wisdom
The book of Proverbs tells us, “Wisdom cries out in the street; in the squares she raises her voice” (1:20). She cries out that people...
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Aaron Mead
- Sep 24, 2017
- 4 min
Aquinas on the Virtues: Understanding
Today I begin a series of posts on Thomas Aquinas’s view of the virtues. Most of my focus in this series will be on what are often called...
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