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Denying Yourself and Taking Up Your Cross

 

 

What does it mean to deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow Jesus? Remember the context of this statement. To deny yourself here is to put away what you think you think, feel, and know about God on your own (skewed by sin). Let your mind be shaped by the actual Word of God. Trust only in the suffering and death of Jesus for salvation. There’s your cross.

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Matthew 16:24
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Christianity Is NOT Just a Bunch of Rules (Bad Theology Tuesday)

 

 

There’s probably no worse observation of Christianity than it being a bunch of rules. You couldn’t get Christianity more wrong than that! Yes, there ARE rules, there IS the Law. And the Law makes us die to the idea that we can save ourselves by following a bunch of rules. But Christianity is all about the Son of God’s suffering and death for you and in your place.

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Why It’s Good that Jesus Ascended (Lectionary Monday)

 

 

Because Jesus ascended to the Father, now there’s no mountain or church that you have to go to and sit down and have a conversation with Him. Instead, He and the Father have sent the Holy Spirit to tend to the world. It’s actually to our advantage that there’s no place we have to drive or make a pilgrimage to see Jesus. We have better than that with the Spirit!

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St. Anselm and Atonement Theories (Theology Tuesday)

 

 

Atonement theories are ways that theologians express how that Christ saved us. The early church advocated the Ransom Theory, in which Christ pays a ransom to the Devil for us. Christus Victor, in which Christ dupes the devil and death is undone, was popular until the 12th century. Then, Anselm saw Christ’s death as satisfying the justice and wrath of God.

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Thomas, Unbelief, and the Forgiveness of Sins (Lectionary Monday)

 

 

Don’t miss the comfort here in the story of Thomas. The God who could condemn us for our unbelief doesn’t. Instead He comes to us in the midst of our fear and doubt, giving peace. And it’s all wrapped in the forgiveness of sins. Those words enliven the very faith to trust that Jesus truly is alive. You are at peace with God, and your sins are forgiven in Christ.

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All that Matters in Christ is…FAITH (Bible Study Thursday) Gal 6:15

 

 

In the end, it doesn’t really matter whether you do this or that. Doing those things (or not) is not the point. What matters is the new creation that arises from faith in the suffering and death of Jesus. What matters is your baptism where God’s external Word makes you new in Christ. Ultimately, the only thing that matters in Christ is faith, that is all that holds for sure.

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Did Jesus Actually Rise from the Dead? (What’s UP Wednesday)

 

 

The evidence is pretty compelling, if you actually look at it. Christians have good reason to believe Jesus rose from the dead. Our religion is not crazy! The Bible records at least a dozen times witnesses saw Jesus again. And most of those people died horribly, confessing that belief. If Christ rose, then everything He said was true! Your sins have been forgiven.

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Did Jesus Actually Die? https://youtu.be/6NCAzJd4-TI

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Did Jesus Actually Die? (Bad Theology Tuesday)

 

 

A lot of people don’t believe that Jesus actually died. But all of the witness accounts — all of them — confess that He was dead. He was so dead, the soldiers pierced His side with a spear and blood and water flowed out. Everyone who was there bore witness to Jesus actually dying on the cross that day. To say otherwise is just absurd.

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What Easter Means (Lectionary Monday)

 

 

The resurrection of Jesus means that our faith is not in vain. It means that we’re not crazy people. Everything that Jesus said is true! Easter means that death is done. Sin has been answered-for. By faith in Him, we’re saved from our sins. We have nothing to fear in life. Everything God does is done in the context of Jesus’s death and resurrection for us.

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Why Jesus Came into the World (Bad Theology Tuesday)

 

 

Jesus did not come into the world to be your friend. He didn’t come to be a hero. He didn’t come to be a revolutionary. Jesus came into the world to die. It’s that simple…yet that profound. Everything in the universe that happened was about Jesus’s holy life and bitter sufferings and death for you. That’s what the Bible and Christianity are all about.

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