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DID THE SOLDIER AT THE CROSS really say Jesus was the divine Son of God? I remember watching actor John Wayne in a cameo performance for “The Greatest Story Ever Told,” the 1965 film about the life of Jesus. Mr. Wayne, known as the Duke, played the …
Q Bible experts debate what Jesus meant when he said he had to suffer before he could “enter into his glory” (see Casual English Bible footnote for Luke 24:26). Does this mean his resurrection? Does it mean getting to sit beside God in heaven? Those …
I HAD AN ODD THOUGHT last week, while I was sanding on the hardwood table that my son and I were building out of cherry and maple. It’s a small table, perfect for a small printer. We finished putting it together and we finally managed to coax the two …
I WAS FEELING MELANCHOLY after the Easter Sunday worship service. I know we’re supposed to feel uplifted because Jesus got uplifted. But we can’t always tell our feelings to feel what we want them to feel. They have feelings of their own. Maybe I …
Q Luke reports that when Jesus died there was an eclipse or something that darkened the sky. He also says “The curtain in the Temple ripped right down the middle” (Luke 23:45). Matthew said the ripped curtain took place during an earthquake. The …
AS THEY LED JESUS TO HIS EXECUTION, they arrested a bystander named Simon of Cyrene, who had just come into town. They forced him to carry the cross of Jesus. By this time a huge crowd had started to follow the procession headed to the place of …
I SAW MY FAMILY DOCTOR YESTERDAY. I had a small bump erupt on my face a few weeks ago. My daughter, who is a nurse practitioner, suggested I see a dermatologist. My dermatologist has an opening in June. This is March. I saw my family doctor …
I CREATED TWO NEW VIDEOS recently to help folks get a better understanding about what Jesus went through on Thursday night, when he got arrested, and on Friday, when he got crucified. If you haven’t seem them yet, I’ll put the links …
Q Jesus rode a colt—a young donkey—into Jerusalem to fulfill prophecies, according to Matthew’s version of this story (Matthew 21:4-5). In one prophecy, Isaiah talks about a king coming into Jerusalem (Isaiah 62:11). In another, Zachariah describes …
A YOUNG MAN in my extended family committed suicide this week. In my community, we’ve had several school-age kids kill themselves in recent months. One was a 17-year-old scholar and athlete with a good sense of humor and a perfect score on his ACT …
I TOOK A WEEK OFF WORK to visit family in northern Ohio last week. It snowed. Several times. I stayed with family who live in a house the Amish built on a piney woods, once a Christmas tree farm. Someone text the Hallmark Channel. And put out a …
Q Luke says that “Satan got inside the head of Judas” (Luke 22:3 Casual English Bible). Other Bible versions translated “Satan entered into Judas” (New Living Translation). What do you think happened? Did Judas become demon possessed? Or did Satan …
