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14 mins read|03/30/24The seemingly small, the particular, the previously overlooked, magnifies in importance.
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12 mins read|04/03/21Tomorrow Jesus will laugh his way out of the tomb, spit in the face of death, and kick the devil in the throat as he dances to the clapping glee of angelic masses. But today he just rests.
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11 mins read|04/10/20Was Jesus really in the tomb for a full three days and three nights? If so, how does this square with his death on Friday and resurrection on Sunday? Is there a contradiction here? In this article, Chad Bird explores the Hebrew understanding of this phrase to shed light on the words of Jesus.
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7 mins read|04/20/19Jesus didn’t simply vacate the tomb to end death. He brought up from that grave the seeds of a brand new start at life. Genesis 1 all over again, with no chance of Genesis 3.
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6 mins read|03/24/18God’s telling a joke. And after we’re done laughing at this silly divinity, we realize that the true joke is on us.
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11 mins read|04/15/17This is the night from when all those nights receive their light. For this is the night when Christ, the Life arose from the dead.
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11 mins read|03/26/16“Why do you seek the living One among the dead?” the angel asked the two women. The time for Jesus to die has passed.
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9 mins read|03/14/16The Lord has a special place in his heart for those whom the world forgets. For the anonymous. For the rejected.
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8 mins read|04/09/14What we confess concerning a corpse confesses much about how deep, or how shallow, is our understanding of the importance of the incarnation of Jesus, his death, and his (as well as our own) resurrection.
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10 mins read|03/30/13This is the night when the earth is formless and void; and the darkness of blood is over the face of Thy Son. And the Spirit of God moves out of His body as He gives up the Ghost.
