Things that you’ll be surprised to not find in the Bible

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Brad A. Greenberg

June 9, 2011

John Blake, one of my favorite religion reporters, has a ” title=”macho Jesus — the military messiah” target=”_blank”>macho Jesus—the military messiah. Not accurate. Not even close. Jesus was definitely a revolution, but he was no warrior. At least not physically.

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