Encounter with a blind man 35 And it came to pass that, as He came near to Jericho, a certain blind man, who sat by the wayside begging, 36 heard the sounds of the multitude passing by and asked what it meant. 37 They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by 38 and He cried out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.” 39 Those who went before rebuked him, telling […]
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The Final Journey to Jerusalem (L 31 Then He summoned the Twelve, and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem and all things that the prophets wrote, concerning the Son of man, will be accomplished. 32 For He will be delivered to the Gentiles, who will mock Him, spitefully entreat Him and spit on Him. 33 They will scourge Him and put Him to death, but, on the third day, He will rise
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In the previous post, we looked at what it would mean if there had been no resurrection – if Jesus Christ had not risen from the dead. The keynote passage was 1 Corinthians 15:12-19. As it turns out, we can use the same passage to gain some insight into what has happened because there was a resurrection. Let’s remind ourselves of what the passage said … “Now if Christ is preached that He has been
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I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely
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Why celebrate Pentecost? How does celebrating Pentecost help us? Why should anyone even bother? Well, to answer the last question first, I’d say it shouldn’t be a bother IF it’s a celebration … but, then again, celebrations mean different things to different people. For me, celebrating Pentecost is no bother, at all. Indeed, I count it a privilege and a blessing (not a bother) to celebrate Pentecost and I do so because of what Pentecost
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On Good Friday, many Christian believers commemorated the death of Jesus? On Easter Sunday, we remember His resurrection. But what if there had been no resurrection? What if Jesus had remained dead? 1 Corinthians 15:12-19 Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is
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