JT’s Thoughts
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bar-ri-er - noun
- anything built or serving to bar passage, as a railing, fence, or the like: People may pass through the barrier only when their train is announced.
- any natural bar or obstacle: a mountain barrier.
- anything that restrains or obstructs progress, access, etc.: a trade barrier.
- a limit or boundary of any kind: the barriers of caste.
Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry
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This week my family has had the surreal experience of spending a week in Orlando. Walking the pathways of Disney’s Magic Kingdom, I am struck once again by the utter diversity of the human race. We are truly a mosaic of cultures, languages, skin tones, and… religions.
In my previous post I set out my own personal convictions regarding Jesus’ resurrection. As I said, I find the claim of the …
Last week I had the opportunity to sit down and converse with two Elders from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, aka Mormons. These two young men are participating in a 2-year period of intense mission work, which is a common practice among young LDS members.
What emerged quickly in our conversation was the differing grounds for our faiths. Knowing that the LDS has been experiencing …
I want to draw attention to a story about Jesus in which he describes himself as a mother hen. The story comes from Luke’s Gospel, chapter 13, verses 31-35 and goes like this:
At that time some Pharisees said to [Jesus], “Get away from here if you want to live! Herod Antipas wants to kill you!” Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox that I will keep on casting out demons
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Tomorrow is Easter and billions of people all over the world will celebrate their belief that Jesus of Nazareth died, but then came back to life. These people live on every continent, speak many different languages, hold many different convictions about Jesus, and are part of many different cultures.
How did this come to be? How did a Palestinian Jewish peasant from an obscure village in the backcountry of the …
