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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…
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Here’s how the writer of the writing, the letter, to the Hebrews challenges his readers found in the 12th chapter: 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us…