Awake with Your Eyes Closed

Why I Don't Trust Half the Things I Hear About Jesus

I get stuck on the story of Cleopas and his companion on the road to Emmaus a lot. Think about it. Two followers of Jesus are leaving Jerusalem after the Crucifixion amidst some wild talk about Jesus’s body not being where they left it. I can only imagine how they felt. They went up to the city during a time of celebration, not entirely sure of what the…