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December 29, 2018
Did Jesus Really Die?
The fifth reason that I believe in the resurrection of the historical Jesus is that the evidence is overwhelming that He actually died, despite early attempts by His detractors to say that He did not. It’s called “the swoon theory.” He was only unconscious and appeared to be dead. The swoon theory assumes that Jesus […]
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A Domesticated God
I’ve come to see that the problem—my lack of faith, my passionless heart, and my struggle to surrender—came from a fundamental deficiency in my vision of God. The God I imagined in my heart was not the same God who reveals himself through the Scriptures. I had traded the true God for a much smaller […]
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December 28, 2018
Why did God kill Uzzah?
There is a simple exercise I walk through with church leaders. First, I have them list all the things that people expect from their church. They usually list obvious things like a really good service, strong age-specific ministries, a certain style/volume/length of singing, a well-communicated sermon, conveniences such as parking, a clean church building, coffee, […]
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December 27, 2018
Everything stands or falls on this
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” John 11:25–26 As we begin our journey together to answer the question my professor asked me, there’s one […]
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December 26, 2018
I am rich and so are you
The sixty-year-old body of Timothy Henry Gray was found under a Wyoming overpass two days after Christmas in 2012. There was no sign of foul play. No indication of a crime or mischief. A homeless cowboy who had died of hypothermia, Gray was a victim of bad breaks and bad luck. Except for this detail: […]
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December 24, 2018
Why did God kill Uzzah
I was bothered the first time I read about God killing Uzzah just because he tried to keep the ark of the covenant from falling. Uzzah touched the ark because the cart it was riding on hit a pothole (2 Sam. 6). It seemed like a trivial mistake with good intentions. Sure, God had forbidden […]
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December 23, 2018
Deeper into Jonah
Like most people raised in a churchgoing home, I have been aware of the story of Jonah since childhood. As a minister who teaches the Bible, however, I have gone through several stages of puzzlement and wonder at this short book. The number of themes is a challenge for the interpreter. It seems to be […]
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