Tag: Jesus
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Easter
Christians are more passionate about Easter than any other holy day. It is the foundation of our belief in Jesus Christ. If he did not get crucified, entombed and rise from the dead, our faith is incomplete. We believe he did just as he said he would, that he would die then rise three days…
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Before Easter
Photo by Mads Schmidt Rasmussen on Unsplash The day before Jesus was crucified, he observed Passover with the disciples. Passover is the time that Jews remembered their freedom and exodus from Egypt. Jesus told his disciples that the bread symbolized his body that would be broken and the wine, his blood, which would be poured out…
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The Truth About Easter
Photo by Tim Gouw on Unsplash Easter is all bunnies and eggs. It is about the laughter of children and spring warmth. If you want to believe all that, it’s fine by me. However, there is a sinister and dark side of Easter. If you strip easter of all the trappings except the story of Jesus’…
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It’s Sunday
and I am not sitting on a church bench. Photo by Debby Hudson on Unsplash I guess the correct thing to say is I am not sitting on a church pew. Does that make me less of a Christian? Do I love God less? Does he love me less? No of course not. It doesn’t make…
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The Jesus Illusion
The Jesus Illusion Calvary, by Octavio Ocampo I have this painting hanging on my living room. It is big 32″ wide x 46″ tall and fills a wall. It is not not the real thing but a print that I have had for several years. There are many illusions in this painting, the double Jesus being the…
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My Jesus Isn’t Like Yours
Photo by Ben White on Unsplash My Jesus is not like the picture of Jesus that is hanging in the Sunday school classroom. My Jesus does not have silky red and white robes with perfectly combed hair, a perfect complexion, and smiling looking up heavenly with crystal blue eyes. My Jesus is dirty from his travels…
Lori O'Gara, Author 