This 7-day reading plan explores Jesus’ claims, his deity, and offers thoughts demonstrating that he is the Messiah by Lee Strobel, a former atheist. Devotional thoughts
are drawn from Lee’s own experiences and feature a journalistic style from his days as an investigative reporter with the Chicago Tribune. The plan is perfect for those engaged in a thorough search for the truth to decide if Jesus was who he claimed to be.
All devotions are drawn from The Case for Christ
Study Bible.
Achieve a greater understanding of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus during this glorious season of the year with 7 daily readings from NIV Scripture passages that examine the Passion narratives in the Gospels.
Whether you are in a pastoral role, a teacher, or the leader of your family, these 6 qualities apply to you. These 6 readings from The Maxwell Leadership Bible will equip and encourage you as you lead.
Someone very wise has said, “You don;t know what you believe until you have to.” Few things tell us more about ourselves or about what we believe about God than tough times.
Everyone has or will face tough times. This message of timeless biblical truths will refresh our minds and hearts no matter where we are in life, especially if we are in a storm so dark and confusing that we feel somewhat helpless to rescue ourselves. If that is you, relax. Our Heavenly Father is already working to make that situation turn out for your good in some mysterious but wonderful way. This is what this message is all about.
Beth starts off the message with a real illustration of how good God is from her life last week!
Here is the audio of this message that the slides go with:
http://www.john10-10.org/john10-10/Sermon_Audios/Entries/2015/5/31_TRUSTING_GOD_IN_TOUGH_TIMES.html
Achieve a greater understanding of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus during this glorious season of the year with 7 daily readings from NIV Scripture passages that examine the Passion narratives in the Gospels.
Whether you are in a pastoral role, a teacher, or the leader of your family, these 6 qualities apply to you. These 6 readings from The Maxwell Leadership Bible will equip and encourage you as you lead.
Someone very wise has said, “You don;t know what you believe until you have to.” Few things tell us more about ourselves or about what we believe about God than tough times.
Everyone has or will face tough times. This message of timeless biblical truths will refresh our minds and hearts no matter where we are in life, especially if we are in a storm so dark and confusing that we feel somewhat helpless to rescue ourselves. If that is you, relax. Our Heavenly Father is already working to make that situation turn out for your good in some mysterious but wonderful way. This is what this message is all about.
Beth starts off the message with a real illustration of how good God is from her life last week!
Here is the audio of this message that the slides go with:
http://www.john10-10.org/john10-10/Sermon_Audios/Entries/2015/5/31_TRUSTING_GOD_IN_TOUGH_TIMES.html
Find insight into common life struggles through wisdom shared by Phil and Al Robertson. Real-Life stories written by Phil and Al address some common struggles that bring people to the Bible looking for guidance. This 7 day reading plan is created from content in the Duck Commander Faith and Family Bible Published by Thomas Nelson.
Not long ago, I was in Dallas holding aseminar. My daughter, Zona, was with me,helping with the book and tape sales. Zonaowns two exercise studios and had a financialneed for $3,000. She told me about it, but Ididn't respond. I've taught her for years totrust God. Sometimes the pressure of asituation will nag at you so strongly that youwill bypass God and look to a person—especially one who has what you need.That night, Zona had a night vision—avision that occurs when you are asleep. God speaks to your spirit and shows you what youneed to see. It's from God—not from the pizzayou ate earlier!The next morning, she told me about thedream she received, saying, "Daddy, Daddy, Idon't like it!" She said, "I dreamed I was aninstructor in an exercise place.""Well," I said, "that's what you are.""But, Daddy, I was just an instructor in theexercise place and not the owner."She continued to describe the dream. In it,there was a man who owned the place.Because Zona needed financial help, she askedher boss for more money. He refused and heaped abuse on her. The dream had greatlyupset her. She didn't understand the truth thatGod was trying to reveal to her in this dream, but I immediately did.I said, "Zona, Zona. That dream was for you.God was showing you what happens whenyou prostitute your faith. I've told you foryears what to do, but you flounder around andlook to man for help, and God doesn't like it.Why don't you change?"You might say, "That seems very harsh,Brother Norvel.' But, in these last days, God isrevealing the truth so we won't have tostumble around in darkness for the rest of ourlives. Yes, when I said that, it was harsh.Sometimes the truth can be offensive. But if welisten and apply it, it will always set us free.Meanwhile, Zona sat in a chair mumblingtearfully, "Oh, Daddy, oh, Daddy." I said to her, "Zona, honey, little darling, Jesus lovesyou! Why don't you start thanking Jesus for what you want and Jesus will give it to you.
Youcan be free from your prostitute faith.Don't go to man. God says, 'Forget not togive God thanks in everything.' Why don't youdo it?"Crying, she said, "Okay, Daddy, I will, Iwill.'After this conversation on Saturdaymorning, we both began thanking Jesus forhelping her. Later, she went to work behindthe tape and book table during the seminar.Soon, a person walked up and said, "Zona,God has been dealing with me for two days.Here's a check the Lord told me to give you."She looked at the check—
four thousand dollars!
5-day reading plan focused on God's Purpose for you!
Day 1: God Has an Eternal Purpose for Everything
Day 2: God’s Purposes Are Pure
Day 3: God’s Purpose for You Is Active
Day 4: Yield to God’s Purposes
Day 5: God’s Purpose Requires Response
Find insight into common life struggles through wisdom shared by Phil and Al Robertson. Real-Life stories written by Phil and Al address some common struggles that bring people to the Bible looking for guidance. This 7 day reading plan is created from content in the Duck Commander Faith and Family Bible Published by Thomas Nelson.
Not long ago, I was in Dallas holding aseminar. My daughter, Zona, was with me,helping with the book and tape sales. Zonaowns two exercise studios and had a financialneed for $3,000. She told me about it, but Ididn't respond. I've taught her for years totrust God. Sometimes the pressure of asituation will nag at you so strongly that youwill bypass God and look to a person—especially one who has what you need.That night, Zona had a night vision—avision that occurs when you are asleep. God speaks to your spirit and shows you what youneed to see. It's from God—not from the pizzayou ate earlier!The next morning, she told me about thedream she received, saying, "Daddy, Daddy, Idon't like it!" She said, "I dreamed I was aninstructor in an exercise place.""Well," I said, "that's what you are.""But, Daddy, I was just an instructor in theexercise place and not the owner."She continued to describe the dream. In it,there was a man who owned the place.Because Zona needed financial help, she askedher boss for more money. He refused and heaped abuse on her. The dream had greatlyupset her. She didn't understand the truth thatGod was trying to reveal to her in this dream, but I immediately did.I said, "Zona, Zona. That dream was for you.God was showing you what happens whenyou prostitute your faith. I've told you foryears what to do, but you flounder around andlook to man for help, and God doesn't like it.Why don't you change?"You might say, "That seems very harsh,Brother Norvel.' But, in these last days, God isrevealing the truth so we won't have tostumble around in darkness for the rest of ourlives. Yes, when I said that, it was harsh.Sometimes the truth can be offensive. But if welisten and apply it, it will always set us free.Meanwhile, Zona sat in a chair mumblingtearfully, "Oh, Daddy, oh, Daddy." I said to her, "Zona, honey, little darling, Jesus lovesyou! Why don't you start thanking Jesus for what you want and Jesus will give it to you.
Youcan be free from your prostitute faith.Don't go to man. God says, 'Forget not togive God thanks in everything.' Why don't youdo it?"Crying, she said, "Okay, Daddy, I will, Iwill.'After this conversation on Saturdaymorning, we both began thanking Jesus forhelping her. Later, she went to work behindthe tape and book table during the seminar.Soon, a person walked up and said, "Zona,God has been dealing with me for two days.Here's a check the Lord told me to give you."She looked at the check—
four thousand dollars!
5-day reading plan focused on God's Purpose for you!
Day 1: God Has an Eternal Purpose for Everything
Day 2: God’s Purposes Are Pure
Day 3: God’s Purpose for You Is Active
Day 4: Yield to God’s Purposes
Day 5: God’s Purpose Requires Response
This presentation will help deacons and other church workers identify and exercise the skills that are essential for Christian service and good interpersonal relationships.
From a series of visions and messages from Jesus and Mary
A teaching on what happens during the Holy Mass and how to live it with our hearts.
Website: www.loveandmercy.org
Customer Loyal Satisfaction/ How to get to know what is really important for...4Service Group
The research world uses unique index of CLS – Customer Service Satisfaction, which allows to segment customers into groups making it possible to identify customer base stability and divide it into four target categories.
To identify category to refer each of the customers the questions are used measuring satisfaction and company loyalty.
Such clients segmentation allows to get to real pure truth. It also make possible to make more specific what the customer announced as important and what is really important for him/her. For example, the customer thinks no lines is critical for him/her, but in fact his/her NPS was influenced with the fact that cashier did not ask him/her for loyalty card. Such issues are estimated with specific technique. For example in customer experience research company 4Service we separate declared importance from the actual one and identify critical issues to retain customer, key factors influencing his/her attitude towards the company, issues connected with emotional sphere, issues catching him/her.
Such analysis data allows to identify company’s achievement and competitive strength, the issues to be worked on, “must have” in standards. It will be clean toilets for some companies and sales assistant approach speed for another ones. There are certain standards which need to be observed at high level in the company on continuous basis, which can be called “hygiene minimum”. In such a way company’s capacities can be unlocked making it possible to set the goals on stepwise basis.
It’s better to establish goals quarterly, but first and foremost to be done is to realize the importance of service factors for the customer, that is: what customer perceives as company advantages; factors affecting customer’s choice which are not recognized as important by the customer; what customer is expecting on default; factors of less importance for the customer which do not affect his/her choice.
It allows to select tooling and to highlight key points in correct manner.
Deacons Training - Serving by Contributing Jerry Akinsola
This presentation will help Deacons and other leaders understand the meaning of contributing, the ways and habits that will enable leave a godly legacy.
The Holy Mass has Biblical roots. Find out the beautiful historical background behind each part of the Mass. Pope Benedict XVI exhorts us all to know and deepen our relationship with God. There is no greater form of worship than the Holy Mass. We Catholics should make an effort to understand the Mass better in order to appreciate it more and so that we may grow to love it. For our non-Catholic brothers and sisters, please do view this presentation, too. It will help you understand why Catholics do the things we do. Thank you!
Source: Dr. Edward Sri, Biblical Walk Through the Mass
What does the Bible have to say about Faith? Take a deeper dive with these bite-sized daily studies. Each day’s reading looks at a short passage of Scripture illuminated by study notes drawn from The King James Study Bible, Full Color Edition. Verse-by-verse annotations provide background information to help you put the Bible’s events and teachings into their proper setting. Doctrinal study notes provide explanation, illustration, and a practical application for daily living.
How does God's work impact our daily work? This 5-day reading plans covers the following topics:
DAY 1: Work Itself is a Gift from God
DAY 2: People at Work
DAY 3: Finding Joy at Work
Day 4: Connecting Our Work with God’s Work
DAY 5: Rest for a While
This Bible reading plan will help by giving you ancient insights into some of the most familiar Bible stories. It will reignite your interest in these stories as well as better equip you to accurately apply their truths to your life and to the lives of others.
No matter where you are on your faith journey, there's always more to explore in God's Word. Dive in and feed your curiosity with the NIV Faithlife Study Bible.
Check out The NIV Beautiful Word™ Coloring Bible sampler. This Bible employs the proven stress-relieving benefits of adult coloring to help quiet your soul, so you can reflect on the precious truths of Scripture. Perfect for all ages, the thick white paper with lightly ruled lines in the extra-wide margins, provides ample space for your own artistic expressions and journaling.
The tower of Babel was not built so people could ascend to God in heaven, but so that God would descend down to earth.
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Jesus' famous story is more radical than you know! Check out this infographic to learn the story of the Good Samaritan in its original cultural context. www.contextchangeseverything.com
This 6-day reading plan features devotions that will inspire you to open your heart and home in generosity and hospitality. Each day’s reading shares about a woman in American history whose life exemplified these characteristics. Readings are drawn from the American Woman’s Bible published by Thomas Nelson Bibles.
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
The Good News, newsletter for June 2024 is hereNoHo FUMC
Our monthly newsletter is available to read online. We hope you will join us each Sunday in person for our worship service. Make sure to subscribe and follow us on YouTube and social media.
What Should be the Christian View of Anime?Joe Muraguri
We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way.pptxCelso Napoleon
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way
SBs – Sunday Bible School
Adult Bible Lessons 2nd quarter 2024 CPAD
MAGAZINE: THE CAREER THAT IS PROPOSED TO US: The Path of Salvation, Holiness and Perseverance to Reach Heaven
Commentator: Pastor Osiel Gomes
Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
Renewed in Grace
The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
strengthen your personal intention to open each chakra more fully. These are designed
to draw forth the highest benefit for your spiritual growth.
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2g_43NEa0
Homily: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Sunday 2024.docxJames Knipper
Countless volumes have been written trying to explain the mystery of three persons in one true God, leaving us to resort to metaphors such as the three-leaf clover to try to comprehend the Divinity. Many of us grew up with the quintessential pyramidal Trinity structure of God at the top and Son and Spirit in opposite corners. But what if we looked at this ‘mystery’ from a different perspective? What if we shifted our language of God as a being towards the concept of God as love? What if we focused more on the relationship within the Trinity versus the persons of the Trinity? What if stopped looking at God as a noun…and instead considered God as a verb? Check it out…
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The Case for Christ - 7 day Reading Plan
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2. TM
Case for Christ
7-Day Plan
This 7-day reading plan explores Jesus’ claims, his deity,
and offers thoughts demonstrating that he is the Messiah
by Lee Strobel, a former atheist. Devotional thoughts
are drawn from Lee’s own experiences and feature a
journalistic style from his days as an investigative reporter
with the Chicago Tribune. The plan is perfect for those
engaged in a thorough search for the truth to decide if
Jesus was who he claimed to be.
All devotions are drawn from The Case for Christ
Study Bible.
3. TM
How Does Jesus Fulfill the Messianic Prophecy
of the Servant Healer?
Matthew 12:15 – 21 quotes the prophecy of Isaiah 42:1 – 4, which states that the
Messiah would, by God’s Spirit, tend to the weak with humility. In what ways
does Jesus fulfill this prophecy?
Both Matthew and Isaiah depict a servant leader who would have the power to heal,
but who would choose not to exercise his power to gain public recognition. Jesus
quietly yet steadily proclaimed the arrival of the kingdom of God. In Matthew 12:16
Jesus asked those whom he cured not to tell others who he was. This is evidence of
his humility and desire not to draw attention to himself.
The Messiah came to minister to the weak, which the bruised reed and smoldering
wick poignantly symbolize. A bruised reed is fit only to be thrown away and a
smoldering wick is to be trimmed or discarded. These images represent people
rejected by others yet embraced by the Messiah. The Gospels record many instances
of Jesus reaching out to those in low social standing who were at the mercy of those
with power and wealth (see Matthew 11:28 – 30; Luke 7:36 – 50; John 8:1 – 11).
Jesus’ ministry to the sick and the weak and his demonstration of humility despite
his great power fulfilled the prophecy in Isaiah 42. Matthew recognized this
fulfillment and recorded Christ’s deeds for us to appraise today.
Day 1
A bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not
snuff out,till he has brought justice
through to victory.
—Matthew 12:20
4. TM
How Did Jesus’ Actions Support His Claims of
Divinity?
Jesus’ words, although impressive, were sometimes ignored or dismissed; however,
the miracles he performed were difficult to discount or dispute. Among Jesus’
many extraordinary powers was his authority over the natural world.
Matthew 14:22 – 33 records the miraculous event of Jesus walking on the windy
surface of a stormy lake to reach his disciples. In addition, with Jesus’ urging,
Peter was miraculously empowered to also walk on the water. When Jesus and Peter
climbed into the boat, the wind immediately became still, which caused the disciples
aboard the boat to exclaim, “Truly you are the Son of God.” A similar passage in
Mark 4:39 reports that with the simple phrase, “Quiet! Be still!” Jesus quieted the
furious squall. The disciples were stunned and terrified (see Mark 4:41). What kind
of person, they wondered, possesses such power that even the forces of nature obey
him? They knew the answer: only God himself.
Although words can be compelling, actions provide powerful evidence to reinforce
one’s words. In Jesus’ case, he made bold claims, and as his disciples could attest,
his actions reinforced his authority as the Son of God.
Day 2
And when they climbed into the
boat, the wind died down. Then
those who were in the boat
worshiped him, saying, “Truly you
are the Son of God.”
—Matthew 14:32-33
5. TM
Why Did Jesus Need to Die?
The paradox found in the Gospels gets as quizzical as it possibly can in Matthew
17:22 – 23. God was going to save the world through the death of his Son.
God, in his divine nature, doesn’t die. So how was God going to get this done?
How was God going to be the Savior of the human race? He had to come to Earth
as a human being to accomplish that task. And Jesus was the one to do it.
Jesus said in Matthew 20:28 that he “did not come to be served, but to serve,
and to give his life as a ransom for many.” This is either the highest form of
megalomania or it’s an example of somebody who really believes, as he said, “I
and the Father are one” (John 10:30). It was as if Jesus was saying, “I have the
authority to speak for the Father; I have the power to act for the Father; if you
reject me, you’ve rejected the Father.”
Even if you eliminated the Gospel of John and just read the Synoptic Gospels,
this would still be the conclusion you would come to. And it is the conclusion that
Jesus would have led us to if we had a Bible study and asked him this question. An
astute Bible reader needs to ask, “Why is there no other first-century Jew who has
millions of followers today? Why isn’t there a John the Baptist movement? Why,
of all first century figures, including the Roman emperors, is Jesus still worshiped
today, while the others have crumbled into the dust of history?” It’s because this
Jesus — the historical Jesus — is also the living Lord. He’s still around, while the
others are long gone.
Day 3
When they came together in
Galilee, he said to them, “The Son
of Man is going to be delivered
into the hands of men. They will
kill him, and on the third day he
will be raised to life.” And the
disciples were filled with grief.
—Matthew 17:22-23
6. TM
What is the Significance of Jesus’ Forgiveness of Sins?
Doctors note that sometimes people can have a psychologically induced illness,
and if they get a new purpose or direction for living, they show relief from the
symptoms — they don’t need the illness anymore. For some others, the “placebo effect”
can have visible results. That is, if you think you’re going to get better, you often do
get better. And when people came to Jesus, they believed he could heal them, so he
did. But the fact remains: regardless of how he did it, Jesus did heal them.
Of course, even if you hold to this explanation for some cases, that doesn’t explain
all of Jesus’ healings. Often a psychosomatic healing takes time; Jesus’ healings were
instantaneous. Many times people who are healed psychologically have their symptoms
return a few days later, but we don’t see any evidence of this in the Gospel accounts.
And Jesus healed conditions like blindness and leprosy, for which a psychosomatic
explanation isn’t very likely. In addition to these, he brought people back from
the dead — and death is not a psychologically induced state! Finally, you have all of
his nature miracles — the calming of the sea, turning water into wine. They defy
naturalistic answers.
Day 4
When Jesus saw their faith, he said
to the paralyzed man, “Son, your
sins are forgiven.”
Now some teachers of the law
were sitting there, thinking to
themselves, “Why does this fellow
talk like that? He’s blaspheming!
Who can forgive sins but God
alone?”
Immediately Jesus knew in his
spirit that this was what they
were thinking in their hearts, and
he said to them, “Why are you
thinking these things? Which is
easier: to say to this paralyzed
man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or
to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and
walk’? But I want you to know
that the Son of Man has authority
on earth to forgive sins.”
—Mark 2:5-10
7. TM
Did People Witness to the Fact That Jesus Was God?
Though some critics have called Jesus merely a prophet or a good man, many
people were witnesses of his divine identity. In Acts 5:31 Peter declared that
Jesus is “Prince and Savior” and that he is seated at God’s right hand and able to
forgive the sins of the very people who had crucified him. Peter clearly believed
that Jesus is God. In Matthew 16:15 – 16 Jesus asked Peter about this very issue:
“Who do you say I am?” and Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the
living God.” And the disciple Thomas, coming face to face with the resurrected
Jesus, confessed, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28).
Even Gentiles proclaimed Jesus’ divinity. When Jesus died, the sky grew dark and
the earth shook. Seeing all this happen, the Roman centurion and soldiers who
carried out the crucifixion exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!”
(Matthew 27:54).
In Mark 2:1 – 12 (see also Matthew 9:1 – 8; Luke 5:17 – 26), Jesus not only
forgave a paralyzed man’s sins but also proved his authority to forgive by curing
the man of his paralysis. Jesus ministered to this man publicly, in front of many
witnesses and in full view of the hostile Pharisees. Although the Pharisees rejected
Jesus’ claim despite the evidence, those whose spiritual eyes were opened believed
there was no room for doubt: Jesus was (and is) the Son of God.
Day 5
God exalted him to his own right
hand as Prince and Savior that he
might bring Israel to repentance
and forgive their sins.
—Acts 5:31
8. TM
What Distinguishes Jesus From Other
Religious Figures?
Jesus was unlike any person who preceded him or anyone who will
follow him. While other religious figures throughout history have
given wisdom and spiritual guidance to millions of people, two factors
distinguish Jesus from the rest: first, his divinity, and second, his love.
In 1 Corinthians 13, Paul beautifully describes a unique kind of love
that is greater than faith and hope — love that overshadows prophecy
and all other impressive spiritual gifts. Although our perspective is too
narrow to fully comprehend this love, we see clear glimpses of this eternal,
unparalleled love through Jesus. This is the kind of love that this passage
calls us to have for each other.
Jesus, the King of heaven, selflessly forfeited the comforts of heaven and
rejected all offers of earthly power or wealth to lead a short, simple life.
Ultimately he proved the depth of his love by sacrificing his life on our
behalf. As the Son of God, he so loved the world that he paved a path to
God for everyone who acknowledges him as God (see John 3:16; 14:6).
These things make Jesus unique among religious figures.
Day 6
And now these three remain: faith,
hope and love. But the greatest of
these is love.
—1 Corinthians 13:13
9. TM
Did Jesus Really Die On the Cross?
Since Jesus’ death is central to the Christian message, is there any
way — any possible way — that he could have survived the crucifixion?
“Absolutely not,” replies Dr. Alexander Metherell, who is both a medical
doctor and a crucifixion expert.
“Remember that due to his flogging he was already in hypovolemic shock
from the massive blood loss even before the crucifixion started. He couldn’t
possibly have faked his death, because you can’t fake the inability to breathe
for long. [Crucifixion is essentially an agonizingly slow death by suffocation
due to the stresses that are put on the victim’s chest muscles and hence his
ability to breathe.] Besides, the spear thrust into his heart [see John 19:34]
would have settled the issue once and for all. And the Roman soldiers
weren’t about to risk their own death by allowing him to walk away alive. It’s
impossible that Jesus merely swooned on the cross. It’s a fanciful theory
without any possible basis in fact.”
— Adapted from interview with Dr. Alexander Metherell
Day 7
His purpose was to create in
himself one new humanity out of
the two, thus making peace, and
in one body to reconcile both of
them to God through the cross,
by which he put to death their
hostility.
—Ephesians 2:15-16