Tag: Resurrection
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Maybe We Should Let Some Things Die
How long can we keep gripping the slightest sliver of hope? Should we? Is holding on for dear life always the best course of action? If our dreams and plans, yes, even our lives, are deemed as utter failure, or they’re cut short before becoming that which we intended, is that so bad? Even if…
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Why was Jesus raised from the dead? These truths will excite you!
It’s that time of year again; the time when life is celebrated as a holiday. Easter. I understand there are many Christians who can’t stand the word Easter, because of its pagan origin. Frankly, though I’m not wild about the word, I am okay with the concept of taking a pagan holiday and turning it…
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Easter is for pagans
Recently I asked our Facebook friends to write, using just a few words, what Easter means to them. There were a number of responses, and I enjoyed reading each one. Here is the list of what Easter means to people like you and I. Life everlasting God’s invitation Celebration Sacrifice and mercy Life and new…
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Passion
Passion. Desire, focus, purpose, mission, A cross A week Passion. Praises, palms, crowds, questions, A man A king Passion. Preparation, covenant, body and blood, An opportunity A betrayal Passion. Pleading, sweating, sleeping, rising, scattering A garden A kiss Passion. Mocking, trying, beating, crowning, A promise A bruised heel Passion. Washed hands, mangled flesh, broken…
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He Is Risen! Asah!
“He is risen! Asah!” Maybe my imagination is working overtime, but here’s how I picture the moments just BEFORE Jesus was raised from the dead. All is dark in the tomb. A legion of demonic forces are guarding the body from within the tomb, and from without. All Hell is on alert, wringing their hands…
Jan Grace 