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What did the original cross of Christ actually look like? And how was Jesus placed on the cross? I received these two great questions from someone who is very interested in an accurate representation of the actual Cross.
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In the late 1950’s, the Ford Motor Company designed what it believed was the “car to beat all cars.” In their minds, the Edsel would be found in every driveway in America. It didn’t quite work out that way. The Edsel was a complete sales bust, one of the worst ever recorded.
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Is Jesus’ Resurrection just a later legend invented by the Gospel writers some thirty to sixty years after His death when they first put pen to papyrus? That’s a great question I recently received and in last week’s blog I took time to unpack the very compelling way it was framed. It’s also a great question because this is, by far, the most popular explanation those scholars who don’t believe in the Resurrection put forward to explain it. It’s the best alternative explanation they’ve come up with.
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St. Francis of Assisi is everyone’s favorite saint. One reason he’s so popular is his love for creation, for nature, and, in particular, for the animals. That’s why on his feast day every year—even though it can get a little messy and chaotic!—many churches invite people to bring their pets in for a “Blessing of the Animals” service.
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Last week, I talked about a person I know well who is going through a difficult time. She is feeling bad because she finds that she only turns to Jesus as a last resort. In last week’s blog I responded to her question about why we do this. But, given that we are so prone to wander, so prone to forget about God until we hit some kind of rough patch in life, she also wanted to know how much it takes to get His attention. After turning away from Him so much, what do we need to do to get His attention?
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Why do we only seek out Jesus as a last resort? And, how much does it take to get God’s attention, anyway? Someone I know well is going through a very difficult time right now—as we all do in life, from time to time. As a result, she’s found herself turning to Jesus, but feels bad about it. In her mind, she only seeks Him out as a last resort, not when things are good. This generated these two great questions. I’ll respond to the first in this week’s blog and the second next week.
