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NT Wright in Surprised by Hope, pp. 152-154 This is the point at which we modern Westerners are called to make a huge leap of the imagination. We have been buying our mental furniture for so long from Plato’s factory that we have come to take for granted a basic ontological contrast between “spirit“ in […]
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Esau McCaulley, On Hope, Hate and the Most Radical Claim of the Easter SeasonApril 8, 2023 Easter has never been my favorite church service. Shouting “Alleluia, Christ is risen!” requires an emotional crescendo my melancholy temperament can’t easily manage.I’m much more comfortable on Maundy Thursday, the beginning of the Triduum, the holiest three days in […]
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During Corona Virus Shelter in Place I know everything is bad right now. But I’ve been hoping for an Easter joke and I haven’t heard a Peep from anyone. This year all Easter jokes have to be inside jokes. How does the Easter bunny stay in shape? He eggs-ercises! How does the Easter bunny keep […]
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A girl was coming home for Easter break from college and wrote, Dear Mom and Dad, I’m coming home for the holiday, but before I do, I just want to catch you up with things. The fire in the apartment last week, didn’t do as much damage as it could have. I’m recovering fine from […]
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The Jesus scholar, N.T. Wright, puts it bluntly: The death of Jesus of Nazareth as the king of the Jews, the bearer of Israel’s destiny, the fulfillment of God’s promises to his people of old, is either the most stupid, senseless waste and misunderstanding the world has ever seen, or it is the fulcrum around […]
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For the first time in maybe my whole life, I am not involved in any church’s Easter extravaganza, the church’s Super Bowl, and I’m relieved. I’m at home, observing the resurrection of Jesus with a little help from Twitter. He’s alive! pic.twitter.com/TTbnv2azuI — Christianity Today (@CTmagazine) April 16, 2017 Happy Easter! pic.twitter.com/dNBuv3qMM1 — PEANUTS (@Snoopy) […]
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http://www.preachingtoday.com/media/podcast/preaching-during-easter.html?start=2 It’s a sermon called “The Up-to-the-Minute Relevance of the Resurrection.” This is a clip from his intro so let’s listen to that and then we’ll break it down. John Stott: I think it’s important for us to be quite clear on what we’re talking about. We’re not talking about Jesus’ survival, as a result […]
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N. T. Wright on Easter by The Rabbit Room on March 31, 2013 [The following is an excerpt from N. T. Wright’s Surprised By Hope.] “…Many churches now hold Easter vigils, as the Orthodox church has always done, but in many cases they are…too tame by half. Easter is about the wild delight of […]
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