As I read these words in Greek (slowly) I could feel this starburst of fascination and horror spreading throughout my chest, with pinpricks all over my head and arms as my hairs stood on end.
Isaiah 25: When Tears Are Wiped Away
Jesus also spoke a number of times of a celebratory feast to be enjoyed with God.
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John 11: Jesus Develops Martha’s Faith
I read a book a while ago called, Where Is God When Bad Things Happen? Written by Luis Palau. As you can imagine from the title, the author talks about the traumas and tragedies that you and I experience in life, and why God seems to allow them. Where was God? What was God doing? What is God doing? Thatโs what Martha and Mary were wondering in this story, and probably Jesusโs disciples, too.
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Gospel of John: Thomas Had Doubts
It was seemingly impossible for Thomas to accept Jesus' resurrection without some empirical proof. Doubt can be a good thing, because it makes us think. Doubt is one foot lifted, poised to move forward or backward.
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Minor Prophets: Jonah, ื ึธืึทื nรขcham
When the Hebrew language speaks of God โrepenting,โ the word most often is โnacham,โ referring to inner suffering that needs to be consoled.
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Christ Is Risen, He Is Risen Indeed
Of the volumes of written material still around from that time period, no one, not even Josephus, tried to refute the eye-witness accounts of Jesusโ resurrection. The best they could come up with was to call it magic.
