“Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God”; an article by Eric Metaxas , December 25, 2014, Wall Street Journal ——————————————– In 1966 Time magazine ran a cover story asking: “Is God Dead?” Many have accepted the cultural narrative that He’s obsolete—that as science progresses, there is less need for a “God” to explain […]
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Seattle Seahawks Linebacker Derick Hall was born at 23 weeks. He had no heartbeat and doctors gave him a one percent chance of survival. But his mom refused to take him off life support. Now he is a Super Bowl champion. After the victory, Derick Hall reflected on the moment using a word that has
There were two criminals crucified with Jesus. At first, according to Matthew’s account, both men mocked and insulted Jesus, just like much of the rest of the crowd present that day. Then later, according to Luke, one of the criminals apparently had a change of heart. He stopped mocking, and then had a
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A while back my wife and I went to a Saturday evening worship service at a Roman Catholic church near where we live. The church building was well over a hundred years old and was built in the traditional, ornate style. It was a beautiful sanctuary with an elaborate, huge altar in the
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(continued…) Secondly, very few would accuse Jesus of lying, but to call the miraculous accounts in the Gospels ‘Legends,’ is to accuse somebody else of lying. If Jesus did not heal the sick, feed the 5,000, calm the storm, raise the dead, and rise from the dead himself, others must have added that
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Thomas Jefferson cut verses from six copies of the New Testament as he worked to create his own personal version. The above photo is of one of the copies he used in his cut and paste system. ————————————– (…continued) We now get to the most commonly accepted option of who Jesus was, again beginning
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(…continued) Was Jesus a LIAR? (see previous meditation) There are several ways to rule out this option. First of all, let’s go back to the Minnesota State Fair. The strange man does have your interest now, though you still think he is probably a fake. But he is getting a
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Above right: An AI generated image of Jesus using the image on the Shroud of Turin (on left). The Shroud has not been proven to be authentic, but neither has it been proven to be a fake. It is an extremely interesting item that has undergone extensive examination by experts in many fields. *************************************
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In Mark 8:29 Jesus asks “Who do you say that I am?” This is the most important question of your life. Not only will your answer affect your entire life now, but it will affect your eternal destiny as well. The New Testament makes it clear, over and over again, that everything depends
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From a funeral sermon: ————– Elsie and her husband Ray lived in many places, did many different things, and endured many challenges together. In the early 1940’s Elsie worked for Boeing as a riveter; like “Rosie the Riveter” in the World War II posters. She was small, so her job was to crawl
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