In this final episode of The Beardless Jesus series, Professor Buck faces his excommunication hearing and learns the results of a decision that was already set in motion long before he entered that room. After two and a half hours of questioning, debate, and measured responses, he makes one last plea—not for himself, but for the integrity of faith itself. He lays out the history, the art, and the theology, asking the men before him a simple but weighty question: Does it matter which Jesus we worship?
Scarlett doesn’t hesitate in her support. Peter struggles with what to make of it all. And Professor Buck? He turns the page and begins again.
