Author Archives: Victoria Emily Jones

Good-bye, and thank you (see you at ArtandTheology.org)

Posted on January 24, 2016

I’m sad to remind you that, as I announced in November, I am discontinuing The Jesus Question—but I’m happy to let you know that my new blog, Art & Theology, is now live! Please show me some love and share … Continue reading →

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The Pensive Christ (Rupintojelis) of Lithuania

Posted on January 20, 2016

Before Rodin’s The Thinker, there was the Pensive Christ. Dating back to the late fourteenth century, this iconographic type shows Jesus sitting on a stone, bent over, supporting his head with one hand while resting the other on his knee. … Continue reading →

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Stories about Jesus Christ, illustrated by David Popiashvili

Posted on January 15, 2016

The Moscow-based Institute for Bible Translation (IBT) exists to translate, publish, and distribute the Bible in the 130-plus languages of the non-Slavic peoples living in the Commonwealth of Independent States (that is, in former Soviet Union countries). In 2002 the … Continue reading →

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Tee Time: Jesus Didn’t Tap

Posted on January 12, 2016

Found at www.jesusdidnttap.com.

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Dallas Willard talks gospel, grace, and spiritual discipline

Posted on January 7, 2016

Dallas Willard (1935–2013) was among the greatest Christian writers of the last century, in my estimation. He was known for his accessible teachings on what it means to be a disciple of Jesus and how to be in relationship with … Continue reading →

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Maria von Trapp, plus seven artists, on Jesus the refugee

Posted on January 4, 2016

Many of you know Maria von Trapp as the singing nun-turned-governess in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music. Julie Andrews immortalized the character in the 1965 film adaptation. Though the musical contains fictionalized details, Maria von Trapp (née Kutschera) … Continue reading →

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Adoration of the Magi bark painting from Papua New Guinea

Posted on December 31, 2015

The organization Wycliffe Bible Translators is committed to translating the Bible not only into all the world’s written languages but into its visual languages as well. In 2011 Wycliffe missionary Peter Brook commissioned artist Nanias Maira, who belongs to the … Continue reading →

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