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Easter Reprise

First posted on February 1, but made for Easter, for He is Risen! Jesus Christ lived on Earth and displayed a life of perfect love, trust, and worship. His example is incomparably great–and it’s unreachable. Part of the validation of the message of Christ is in its unique combination of reality and perfection in the …

March 22, 2008 – 10:34 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

The Ironies of Easter

The religious and political leaders thought they had Jesus all figured out. I doubt there’s anything in history or literature to match the irony of that. They expected was the kind of thing they usually saw during a trial and execution: fear, self-protection, defensiveness; or possibly something like guilt, regret, or remorse. They thought they …

March 22, 2008 – 4:53 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)