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Why did the authorities want to kill Jesus after he raised Lazarus from the dead?  Its a good question, and it is one raised in the chapter about Jesus as a miracle worker. Willimon’s take is that the authorities couldn’t abide the idea that somebody other than themselves could decide who got life and who…

The age of the wireless changed everything.  As King George V said, ‘previously we only had to march around and look good in costume, now we are expected to come into every hearth and home and speak to people.’  With the rise of radio,  royal families were compelled to take on the roles of national…

The way the God of the Bible more often than not gets things done is with words, mere words.  In Gen. 1 God speaks, and creation springs into life.  Jesus speaks “your daughter will live” and it is so.   God promises something, and it comes true.  A  prophet prophesies something, and it happens. Words.  It…

“The modern world has many ways of turning us in on ourselves, eventually to worship the dear little god within. Christianity, the religion evoked by Jesus, is a decidedly fierce means of wrenching us outward. We are not left alone peacefully to console ourselves with our sweet bromides, or to snuggle with allegedly beautiful Mother…
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