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Intuition
What does Jesus mean by saying that he will reveal himself to those who love him?
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Resurrection
How can you say anything about the resurrection? It’s too big a topic. It’s like, “Say a little about life.”
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Resurrection
Read 1 Peter 1:3-9. I have a little red spot on my hand. It itches. It looks like a reaction to poison ivy, though I don’t think I’ve come into contact with any while holed up in my house during this pandemic. Maybe I’ve developed a new allergy to something Read more…
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He rose again from the dead
Read John 17. But now I am coming to you, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves. (John 17:13) Jesus wept. Jesus was troubled. Jesus mourned over Jerusalem. Jesus was rejected and persecuted and put to death. But Read more…
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Hidden with Christ in God
Read Colossians 3:1-17. NT Wright reminds us that the Christian hope is not for escaping this world of conflict and getting into a disembodied “heaven,” but for a resurrection of the body into a new heaven and a new earth. While we may be conscious and with Christ between death Read more…
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Eternal consequences
Read John 20:19-31. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained. (John 20:23) After the resurrection, Jesus appeared to his disciples singly and in groups. He had different words for each. “Why are you weeping?” “Put your Read more…
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Why are you weeping?
Read John 20:11-18. Why are you weeping? (John 20:13) Angels seem usually to appear to announce big news. You are going to have more descendants than there are stars in the sky. You are going to have a baby. To you is born a savior. But these angels have only Read more…