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Great crowds were traveling with Jesus,
and he turned and addressed them,
“If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother,
wife and children, brothers and sisters,
and even his own life,
he cannot be my disciple.
Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me
cannot be my disciple.
Which of you wishing to construct a tower
does not [...]
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Judaism and Christianity have long been seen as personally mutually exclusive — you can’t be both. Some are claiming this as a mutual affiliation but are not being accepted into the mainstream of either major world religion. But in a very real historic/anthropological sense neither one would exist without the other.
Devout Jews claim that their [...]
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At the end of the Gospel of John there is a passage that has led to much controversy until this day. The Resurrected Lord Jesus has just told Peter about how one day soon he will be bound and led to his death against his will. Peter — for some unknown reason – wants to [...]
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Majestic mountains rising up to the heavens,
Lordly peaks looking over the clouds.
Blue sky surrounding, lone eagle soaring.
Majestic mountains, lordly peaks.
Powerfully bold yet bringing such comfort.
Distant and ancient, present and near.
Turning back torrents and feeding the rivers,
Majestic mountains silently shouting,
“We are but stone — earthen, unmoving,
Held by a Hand, held by a Heart.
Just a reflection of [...]
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If you are lonely, beaten by the world,
If you are starving for God’s righteousness unfurled,
Don’t you worry, we all know you’ve done your best.
Give thanks to God,
You are among the blest.
But if you’re rich now your wealth will fly away.
And all your power will abandon you one day.
When God’s awful mercy makes of your life [...]
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When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, “I will return to the house I left.” When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes with it seven other [...]
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So we have this legend, this tradition — a jolly old man with a white beard and funny old clothes who showers those of us lucky enough to reside in Christendom with gifts on December 25 in honor of Jesus’s birth.
We Christians in the Western World are the spiritual children of the Hebrew Patriarch Abraham, [...]
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I like this display — it is the modern depiction of the overturning of the tables of the moneychangers. Of course, Jesus didn’t physically harm those ancient swindlers in any way — but then again, Santa Claus doesn’t exist as anything but a symbol, and a convoluted one at that. He is abject greed disguised [...]
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Archeologists searching for evidence of the Exodus as portrayed in the Old Testament have found little to scientifically convince that any such thing took place. What they do find is that the entire region of the 40-year Biblical wanderings of the former Semitic slaves of the Egyptians was comprised of city-states under the influence of [...]
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