Christianity stands or falls with this central confession: God raised Jesus from the dead. Bruce Chilton investigates the Easter event of Jesus in Resurrection Logic . He undertakes his close reading of the New
Of course Jesus did what God had commanded His namesake to do (Jesus is the Greek form of Joshua or Yeshua) Josh 1:5“There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsa...
Having humility and curiosity goes a long way spiritually to me. You know, I can hold this story of Jesus very close and and say, this is the most true thing I've ever heard in my life. I can't escape it. I think it's so beautiful. It has continued to offer gifts to me ...
as silly as it might seem, are symbols of a profound faith that everyone in that room held: the faith in a resurrection, the faith that even though every single body in that room would perish one day, our souls would live on. As Gramma passed from this life to ...
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23Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” 25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies;26and whoever lives and be...
As I was thinking about the resurrection over Easter, it occurred to me that our response to this pandemic had turned us into a worldwide colony of lepers. Jesus’ life and death were supposed to teach us to conquer fear and here we were hiding behind modern technology. While Jesus waded...
long after Judas' death. The Gospel of Thomas, written around 140 A.D., is another example of a counterfeit writing erroneously, bearing an apostle's name. These and other Gnostic gospels conflicted with the known teachings of Jesus and the Old Testament, and often contained numerous historical...
So, she says, “I know that he’ll rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” And Jesus then takes that opportunity to say, “I am the resurrection in the life. He who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live. And whoever lives and believes in me shall never die...
God is my witness how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. 2 Timothy 1:3 I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers. ...