All things are growing older: The world is growing older; we ourselves are growing older. A few more summers, a few more winters, a few more sicknesses, a few more sorrows, a few more weddings, and a few more partings, and then– what? Why, the grass will be growing over our graves! –J. C. Ryle […]
Mary Magdalene at the Tomb (John 20), by Harold Copping (1863-1932) ————————- (…continued) “Believe in me,” said Jesus, though there is a problem. This is a nice story, but can we believe it? 2,000 years is a long time ago, and the whole thing is pretty unscientific. Eternal life is a nice hope; but
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Few people get to live a life as blessed, as successful, and as prosperous as Thomas Jefferson. He was born to wealth and then lived in luxury all of his 83 years. He enjoyed good health for 82 of those years; only in his last year of life did he begin to fail. He
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Above: The Road to Emmaus, 1877, Robert Zund, Swiss painter, (1826-1909) ———- Luke 24 tells the story of Jesus joining two men walking on the road to Emmaus, a little town about seven miles from Jerusalem. It was the afternoon of the day Jesus rose from the dead. These men had known Jesus,
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Above: Tony Campolo, Baptist minister, college professor, author, speaker (1935-2024) **************************************** By Tony Campolo (see below) I’m an Italian, but I belong to an African-American Church in Philadelphia. People sometimes ask me how a white guy like me ended up going there. I tell them it is because at that church they are
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Every once in a while, Easter falls on April Fool’s Day (most recently in 2018; next time will be 2029). “That is perfect,” some will say, implying that only a ‘fool’ would believe someone could rise from the dead. Lee Strobel (1952- ) would have been of that opinion when he was a
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(…continued) In 1925 Eugene O’Neill wrote a play based on John 11 called Lazarus Laughed. The play starts where the Bible story leaves off. As the curtain goes up, Lazarus is seen stumbling out of the dark tomb, blinking as his eyes adjust to the light. As his friends and neighbors rush over
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JOHN 11:17-44 — On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming,
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(…continued) I like to read stories of people who kept an open mind, changed their mind, and were converted; people who for years did not believe in the Christian message, but then, for whatever reason, did come to faith in Jesus Christ as the Son of God, risen from the dead. The difference in their
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I once knew an old Swede named Karl. Karl was a good man, friendly, active in the church, and always willing to help out in the community. But Karl, like everyone else, had his faults. Everyone who knew Karl knew that he was of 100% Swedish descent and way too proud of it.
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