Ultimos Posts 1. 02/05/2006 19:17 - The good grief quote 2: empty tomb irrelevant? "My understanding of Easter has changed over the course of my lifetime. Not just deepened (I trust), but changed. My childhood memories include singing the great Easter hymns, their melody lines as triumphant as their words. My favorite was (and is) 'Christ the Lord is risen today.' Its glorious, repeating alleluias are as wonderful as ever. Almost as vivid in my memory is 'Up from... 2. 01/05/2006 17:08 - Great theologians 1: the empty tomb as a witness to the nature of the resurrection "The Gospels go to great lengths to attest that the resurrection of Jesus was indeed a bodily resurrection. Here lies the significance of the empty tomb. The factuality of the empty tomb is rejected by many biblical critics, who claim that it is a later apologetic story designed to support belief in the resurrection. However, this objection overlooks the important fact that the Gos... 3. 25/04/2006 21:40 - Preacher's corner 2: our bodily resurrection "As Christ actually rose from the dead"”flesh and blood, so shall we. Christ was not a spirit when he rose from the dead; his body could be touched. Did not Thomas put his hand into his side? And did not Christ say, 'Handle me, and see. A spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye see me have.' And if we are to rise as Christ did"”and we are taught so"”then we shall rise in our bodies"”... 4. 24/04/2006 23:18 - Very old guys 2: the resurrection of the flesh "If the resurrection were only spiritual, it was requisite that He, in raising the dead, should show the body lying apart by itself, and the soul living apart by itself. But now He did not do so, but raised the body, confirming in it the promise of life. Why did He rise in the flesh in which He suffered, unless to show the resurrection of the flesh? And wishing to confirm this, whe... 5. 20/04/2006 12:06 - The "good grief" quote: respectful preaching? The "Good Grief" Quote is a sign of our times. I disagree with what these authors have to say about our weekly topic. "But I also think it is important for preachers to realize that they are making provisional statements. When someone prefaces their statement with "it seems to me" or "from my vantage point" they are providing self-correcting and self-reinforcing statements that rem... | Estadisticas Posicion del Blog en Nuestro Ranking Hits Semanales Hits Mensuales |