“Who then can be saved?”: Jesus and the Rich Man as a Text of Terror and Liberation

ByChed Myers

Ched’s sermon at Duke Chapel (October 15, 2006) on Mark 10:17-30 and its implications for First World Christians.

Originally published: July 2010 | SKU: durham2006

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