Tag: Jesus
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Grace for the Everyday Sinner in 2024 C.E.
What is grace? We associate it with good things as in praying before eating and receiving mercy for those things we ought not to have done. Paul frequently opens his letters to various churches with grace, peace and other gentle words of greeting. The Apostle then encourages believers in a spirit of grace given to…
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Ghosts of Christmas’ Past
We are of course familiar with the image of ghosts of Christmas’ past thanks to Charles Dickens, ‘A Christmas Carol,’ penned in A.D. 1843. Dickens points toward a morality of generosity during a great 19th century division between a well-off gentry class and the working poor. Even today his theme of the repentance of Scrooge…
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Paul a Prophet Sent out by Jesus
Great Prophets and Signs from God Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and “God has visited his people!” Gospel of Luke 7:16 ESV A great prophet among us Before we look at an extraordinary sign in Troas suggesting that Paul is also a Prophet of…
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‘You’re NOT MY Father!’ – the prodigal C.E. Evangelical
‘You’re not my father,’ the young woman yelled at the top of her voice as her mother tried to take control of the situation. (The prodigal teen might just as well been a son rejecting the authority of his father.) Our Family Prodigal Most Christians are no doubt familiar with the scenario of Jesus’ parable…
