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Article: Reflections on the 250th Anniversary of our Nation’s Birth
Do we come to the 4th of July to check a box? We made it 250 years, check. Or is there something more? If we want to find meaning in this holiday, we need to look back. I know it is obvious, but THE WORLD YOU WERE BORN INTO LONGER EXISTS. This generation doesn’t know…
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Article: The Words You’ve Heard a Thousand Times (And What They Actually Mean)
If you go to church (almost anywhere), you have heard “The body of Christ given for you” and “The blood of Christ shed for you” a lot. Sometimes when you hear the same words over and over again, they cease to have any real meaning in our lives. Yet, Holy Communion is a vital gift…
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Article: What Was Jesus Really Like? His Personality in the Gospels
I decided to dig into the gospels to see what Jesus is really like.Have you ever wondered about Jesus’ personality? Well, I have. I decided to dig into the gospels to see what Jesus is really like. Yes, the gospel writers had biases, but if we dig deep enough, we might get a picture of…
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Article: Jesus and the Passover Lamb: Why Good Friday Happened at Exactly the Right Hour
When my son was little, we read books together at bedtime. Carl loved the search and find books. If you are not familiar, one page would be filled with drawings of all sorts of things. Next to it was a list of items to find. Sometimes it took a long time just to find one…
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Article: Why People Reject Goodness: What Plato, a Nazi-Era Psychiatrist, and the Cross Have in Common
Let’s take a trip through time through four different time periods. There are four different witnesses who all come to the same conclusion. 1. Plato 375 BC Plato once wrote, “If a perfectly moral man entered this world, he would be humiliated and impaled.” This quote comes from Plato’s Republic, centuries before crucifixion became a…
Author: Ben
Lead Pastor at Community Lutheran Church of Las Vegas. Writing and preaching at the intersection of scripture, grace, and real life. Plain-spoken Lutheran theology for people who don’t have time for “complicated”.
