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Archaeological Evidence for the Bible: 3 Real Discoveries in Israel
Dirt Doesn’t Lie Every few months, a headline claims archaeologists found the Ark of the Covenant. I want no part of that game. Most of those stories collapse within a year. But there’s a quieter kind of archaeology happening in Israel right now, and it doesn’t need to be sensational to matter. What’s actually been…
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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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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”.
