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What difference does Jesus make?
I’ve read a lot of articles and watched videos by apologists and preachers trying to explain to us why Jesus matters. It usually takes on the form of logical arguments, historical proofs, and theological answers to questions that, frankly, many … Continue reading
Posted in Love
Tagged Binge Jesus, Christianity, Easter, Salvation, The Chosen TV series, The Good News, Why Jesus matters
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What the Cross exposes (and redeems)
Adam blamed Eve, who blamed the Serpent, who blamed God; the Pharisees blamed Jesus, and Pilate blamed the crowd. Today, republicans blame the democrats, who blame the President; liberals blame conservatives, who blame the socialists; the atheists blame the religious; … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom, Heaven on earth
Tagged Blame-shifting, Christian unity, Christianity, Culture, Easter, Politics, Scapegoating, The Cross of Christ
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The Chosen – New Series on YouTube
There’s a new TV series on YouTube called, “The Chosen,” directed by Dallas Jenkins that gives a fresh look at the life of Jesus and the Gospel story so that, Jenkins puts it, the world can experience Jesus in a … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Christianity, Easter, Jesus, Miracles, The Chosen TV series, The Good News
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How we’re meant to overcome
Why do you think Jesus could endure such a great temptation in the Garden of Gethsemane, even to the point of sweating drops of blood? (Luke 22:44) Was it because He was superhuman; He had some ability we don’t possess? … Continue reading
Ain’t No Grave!
As I was thinking about what I was going to share for the Easter morning service, I had the song, “Ain’t No Grave” on my mind. Then I get a call from my brother. He’d gone to the doctor for … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Freedom, Worship
Tagged atonement, Christianity, death, Easter, Eternal life, Resurrection, transformation
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The joy set before Him
We know what Jesus did, but why did He do it? What would motivate Him to suffer so unjustly, abandoned by His own, bearing the weight and sin of whole world in His own body? Why would anyone do this? … Continue reading
Posted in Father Heart of God, Love
Tagged C. Baxter Kruger, Christianity, Easter, Good Friday, Jesus, joy, Trinitarian Vision, Trinity
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Easter expectations
When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the last week before what we now call “Easter,” what do you think the people expected Him to do? Think about that for a moment before reading on. Imagine Jesus riding into your city … Continue reading
What a Glorious Day!
This is from a post I wrote back in 2016 because I thought it would be good followup to my last post. We’ve been been looking at how we see the atonement and what that view says about God. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Father Heart of God, Freedom, Identity, Love, Worship
Tagged atonement, Christianity, Easter, Happy Day, Isaiah 53, Jesus, Reconciliation, Restorative justice, Salvation
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On atonement theories and the nature of God
I was in an interesting conversation over at Insanitybytes22’s blog with her post, “A Wrinkle in Time….” The subject was about the atonement. You might be surprised to hear this if you’ve only heard one version of the atonement but, … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Love
Tagged atonement, Christianity, Easter, Penal Substitutionary Atonement
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You are here
The most astounding thing to me about what happened with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ isn’t what He did for us, or even what He did as us, but what He did to us. I will focus … Continue reading
Posted in Heaven on earth, Identity, Sonship
Tagged Christianity, Divine Dance, Easter, Gospel of the Kingdom, In Christ, Jesus, Religion and Spirituality, Salvation, The Good News
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