Category: Bible
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Easter: What’s it to you?
“If Christ is risen – then nothing else matters. And if Christ is not risen – then nothing else matters.” -Jaroslav Pelikan On this Easter Sunday, we celebrate the most important event in human history. The resurrection of Jesus from the dead. I’m struck by the profundity of Pelikan’s quote. Because the resurrection of Jesus…
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Popular pastor switches sides on gay marriage
At 80 years of age, Tony Campolo has been a well known speaker and pastor in Christian circles. Yesterday, Campolo released a statement where he now affirms same-sex marriage. His more recent public position on the matter had been that it was not sin to be gay, but that it was a sin to act…
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The only resolution that matters for 2015
At the beginning of each year, millions of Americans make new year’s resolutions. Common resolutions include eating healthier, saving more money, quitting smoking, or learning a new skill. All of those are great things. But the reason why we create new year’s resolutions is because there are areas in our life where we know we should…
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What do you do with an empty tomb?
What do you do with an empty tomb? On Friday, a man had been put in there. On Sunday, it was empty. Why? Was it that he had merely been badly wounded but didn’t die? Was it that his body had been removed by his followers? The tomb was empty or it wasn’t. If it…
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The American Gospel and the meaning of Easter
Statistically, we know that the vast majority of Americans believe in some form of a higher power. There are relatively few who are atheists. Since people do believe that there is something, and since it’s so easy to think of the majority of Americans as Christians, many simply attach themselves to Christianity. But what does…
Josh Benner 