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Sunday was Easter. Was your Sunday amazing? I pray it was. The life, death and resurrection of Jesus (a clear and supportable historical event) is, in many ways, the central act of the last 2000 years of history. Just as prophesied by Jewish religious leaders centuries before, the movement that emanated from His life brought…
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[Originally posted December 2014…the idea of a positive, surprise turn for good, what Tolkien called eucatastrophe fits so perfectly here in Holy Week. Enjoy Maundy Thursday!] I think my regular readers understand just how much I love JRR Tolkien’s writings. I’ve certainly blogged enough about them here. I wrote last week [in December 2014] how…
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“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.” John, whom we are told was the disciple that Jesus loved (perhaps loved most? best? most openly?), reports Jesus statement here. This is perhaps the one line that bothers so many moderns…the exclusivity of all…