Why does it matter that Jesus was raised from the dead? There are many reasons why the resurrection matters. Here are just a few: The first reason is a simple but obvious one. The resurrection is very important because if it is not true, then the Bible is not true, and if the testimony of […]
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Among Holy Week celebrations and observances, Saturday of Holy Week is often overlooked or forgotten. There are no “special” events planned on Saturday—we move from the spectacle of Jesus crucifixion on Friday, right into the jubilee of Easter morning. For many of us Saturday is a day of hunting for eggs with the children or
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On Saturday mornings I take one of the kids and go to the transfer station a few miles down the road, where we deal with our recycling and some of our trash. We sort it, drop it and then go get breakfast and worry no more about it. I’m not sure where it goes from
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 For by it the people of old received their commendation. 3 By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
Many people in the Protestant evangelical world when they hear this word it likely conjures up images of an austere man wearing a funny hat, walking up the center aisle of a cathedral waving a smoking pole. In the background a choir sings in an unknown language. Liturgy is a “Roman Catholic” word in the
Imagine this bleak scenario: you find yourself convicted of a terrible crime and sentenced to life in prison. The conditions are terrible: filthy cells, meager food, and no relationships with people you can trust. The longer your sentence goes on, the worse the suffering becomes. The only way you’re leaving will be in a casket,
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