So forgiveness pre-requires understanding the mistakes of the past? here hear re this opposing this me-first, America-first, white-first, male-first approach>…
Weekly lessons in theology and public life • Since 2011
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Lesson 1: Let’s Get Biblical About Resurrection
Read MORE: Lesson 1: Let’s Get Biblical About ResurrectionRecently, my son, and my beloved brother in Christ with whom I shared 35 years of ministry, died within days of one another. Needless to say, I have been pondering resurrection. One thing has become glaringly clear. Although ”God raised…
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Lesson 2: The Earliest Passage on Resurrection
Read MORE: Lesson 2: The Earliest Passage on ResurrectionAny biblical understanding of resurrection should start with a careful reading of I Corinthians 15. This long and detailed chapter is our earliest attempt to explain what happened after Jesus’ execution and burial. We usually read it in light of…
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Lesson 3: The Resurrection According to Mark
Read MORE: Lesson 3: The Resurrection According to MarkYou have to be somewhat surprised by Mark’s short terse account of the Easter story. We heard from Paul about 30 years earlier that there was an official list of people to whom Jesus appeared after his execution. You would…
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Lesson 4: Resurrection According to Matthew
Read MORE: Lesson 4: Resurrection According to MatthewThe key to reading Matthew is to realize that he is “Mark plus.” He includes the entire book of Mark almost word for word. The plus is the addition of teachings and parables that pictures Mark’s worker of mighty acts…
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Lesson 5: Resurrection According to Luke (Part 1)
Read MORE: Lesson 5: Resurrection According to Luke (Part 1)After examining what Paul, Mark, Matthew, and now Luke say about resurrection, you get the idea that we are looking at the development of a narrative rather than a report of historic events. For instance, Luke makes additions that seem…
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Lesson 6: Resurrection According to Luke (2)
Read MORE: Lesson 6: Resurrection According to Luke (2)Last week, I noted Luke presents quite a different version of the universal resurrection than Mark and Matthew. This week, I want to examine how he likewise makes significant changes in how Jesus’ resurrection has been reported. You still have…
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Lesson 7: Resurrection According to John
Read MORE: Lesson 7: Resurrection According to JohnThe entire gospel of John can be read as a discourse on what Jesus’ resurrection means for us. John’s Jesus of Nazareth bears little resemblance to that of the other three evangelists because it is nothing approaching a historical biography.…
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Lesson 8: Resurrection Makes All Right
Read MORE: Lesson 8: Resurrection Makes All RightI began this series by suggesting most of us associate resurrection with questions about whether there is life after death and if there is, whether we shall enjoy the presence of our beloved. I probably should have added that some…
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Lesson 9: Resurrection Raises Persons
Read MORE: Lesson 9: Resurrection Raises PersonsLet’s answer the two questions with which we began: Is there a life after death for me? Shall I be with my loved ones who have already died? In the New Testament, the question is whether those who have died…
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Lesson 10: Resurrection has Begun
Read MORE: Lesson 10: Resurrection has BegunSome of the most emotional and contentious debates I have had with other pastors and theologians have been about what exactly happened on Easter. Some feel there is no Christianity without a resurrection in which Jesus of Nazareth is literally…
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An extremely timely topic. Thanks, Fritz!
yes we need to forgive our leaders yet make sure they do the right thing – which they aren’t.