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When he was president, Bill Clinton used to look deep into the camera and—squinting his eyes and clenching his fist for effect—emphatically declare: “I feel your pain.” Many Americans believed him. (He did win two elections after all!) They thought he was speaking directly to them; that he sincerely understood their struggles.
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I received a response to the blog I did a few weeks ago about Hell that said it helped to make logical sense of how Hell could exist. But what makes no sense, what this person has a hard time believing in, is the existence of a personal devil. Hell yes; devil no!
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Every year when I was teaching, we’d do a forensic study of the Cross. In vivid detail, I’d describe how excruciatingly painful Roman crucifixion was. The first school I taught I was an all-boys school. The boys were fascinated by every detail. However, when I moved to a co-ed school, the first time teaching this lesson left me stunned. Halfway through the class, the boys were on the edge of their seats, eating it all up. But shockingly, I noticed that most of the girls had tears streaming down their faces, cringing and wincing with every new detail. Being more empathetic, it was sheer agony for them listening to what Jesus went through on the Cross. At that moment, it struck me in a way it never had before how AWFUL Jesus’ suffering on the Cross truly was.
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What could possibly motivate someone to become a serial killer? To randomly kill complete strangers? Every so often, a confessed serial killer gets interviewed by some news outlet and is inevitably asked this question. Many of the answers these killers give only add to the infuriating mystery of why they took so many human lives so senselessly.
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Last week, someone submitted a great comment to the website that I wanted to respond to in this week’s blog. They suggested that faith, instead of being primarily an intellectual exercise, is really more about trust—trusting in Jesus which grows and deepens the more you experience His steadfast presence in your life. Is this what Christian faith is?
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On the face of it, it’s absurd. Perhaps even offensive. The Son of God must die in our place to save us from our sins. This is what God’s justice requires in order for Him to be able to forgive us; the only way for Him to reconcile His justice with His mercy. Known as the doctrine of the Atonement, it’s one of the central doctrines of Christianity. And it’s riddled with problems:
