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How Does “Dying For Our Sins” Work? – Brian Zahnd

Posted in Death and Dying, Jesus the Christ, Pastor Stuff, Postmodern Perspectives, Suffering - When Bad Things Happen to Anyone, Will the Real God Please Stand Up? on Apr 19th, 2014

How Does “Dying For Our Sins” Work? – Brian Zahnd. On this end of Holy Week, we as Christians speak of the power of the cross and the meaning of Jesus’ death. This is an excellent reflection on the death of Jesus, God Incarnate, and why his death and resurrection matter.

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Lenten Reflections – A Matter of Death and Life

Posted in Wandering on Feb 29th, 2012

John 19:1-16 (NIV) 1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2 The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe 3 and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the […]

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Lenten Reflections – The Mask of God

Posted in Wandering on Feb 29th, 2012

A number of years ago I came across a great reader’s theater piece for Lent called CrossExaminations, a reader’s theater series that reflected on the meaning of the cross. Now out of print, I have brought it out of my library to reuse here. However, since we do a 12:10PM short service for working folks […]

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