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THE LOCKED DOOR “On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you!’ After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The...
POLITICAL THEOLOGY
Paul Tillich, 1886-1965, was a Lutheran theologian who taught at Union Theological Seminary, Harvard Divinity School and the University of Chicago and is known for his book The Courage to Be and his three volume Systematic Theology. He was born and educated in Germany...
ORIGINS OF DOUBT
Thomas, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, was a twin. We don’t hear of his twin, and we know nothing about his childhood. But we know that he also, was always asking questions. He never accepted anything without asking for an explanation. That is what got him a...
WHAT DO I REALLY WANT?
Harald K. Haugan is a beloved friend and pastor who founded All Souls Church in Jacksonville, Florida. His latest book includes this wonderful poem, which can serve as the lyrics for a Christian rap song, and an aspiration for all of us. From Inner Desire to Outer...
AN UNNECESSARY GLOBAL DEBACLE?
During the last year I have been convinced that the media obsession with COVID-19 and governmental attempts to mitigate it by lockdowns have been driven by hysteria and fear of death which, as a Christian, I reject as unreasonable and damaging. It has been encouraging...
THE EASTER EARTHQUAKE
“There was a violent earthquake, for the angel of the Lord came down from heaven, and going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.” (Matthew 28:2,3) Almost every week there are reports...
WHO IS ON TRIAL?
Have you considered that Jesus is still on trial today? “Jesus Christ stands on trial, not now before the Sanhedrin, before Pontius Pilate the procurator or Herod Antipas, but at the bar of world opinion. The ‘world’, which in biblical language means secular, godless,...
THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS
“The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God…..we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block and foolishness to non-Christians…For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except...
THE LOVE OF GOD
“God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8) “The Cross is the demonstration of the nature of the love God has for us. The death of Christ is necessary for us to understand the extent of the love of God....
A MESSAGE FOR HOLY WEEK
“Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.” (Matthew 16:21) William Willimon,...
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