Tag Archives: Crucifixion

Dead and Buried

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Throughout the season of Lent, we’re taking a close look at the Apostles’ Creed – one of the earliest and most concise summaries of what followers of Jesus believe. William Goldman (1931-2018) was one of America’s most cherished storytellers. Two of his movie screenplays, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President’s… Read more »

Crucified

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Throughout the season of Lent, we’re taking a close look at the Apostles’ Creed – one of the earliest and most concise summaries of what followers of Jesus believe. Are there any words in the Apostles’ Creed that even an atheist can affirm with a clear conscience? Here are the best candidates: [Jesus] “was… Read more »

God’s Rosetta Stone

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here When French general Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt in 1798, he brought along with his troops a crack team of 167 scientists and scholars. Napoleon was determined to plunder Egypt of its artistic treasures. Quite by accident, his team helped solve one of the enduring mysteries of the ancient world. A French soldier came upon a large… Read more »

John 3:16, Part One

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To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at one of the “3:16” verses of the Bible, spotlighting some of the significant theological statements that happen to fall on the 16th verse of the third chapter of a number of Old and New Testament books.  “For God so loved the world… Read more »