I’m speaking about differences in the accounts, and the reliability of eyewitnesses because of differences in the accounts of Jesus’ resurrection.
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After the “priest” consecrated the bread and wine, he issued the usual invitation. Trump stood up to go to the front to receive the body and blood of Jesus, broken for the world.
The Day Mr Trump Came to The Lord’s Table in my Church Read More »
Traffic. Deadlines. The haze. The constant scroll through social media. Living in the Klang Valley means our eyes are wide open. But are we really seeing? We look at screens. We look at the road. We look at our never-ending to-do lists. Yet like the two disciples walking to Emmaus, we can miss the most
The Meal That Opened Their Eyes: Genesis, Emmaus, and Us Read More »
Why did Jesus raise Lazarus from the dead?
Life Beyond the Grave: The Sign with Lazarus as Prop Read More »
Humanity’s First Calling The story of humanity in Genesis begins not with conquest, but with care. In Genesis 2:15, God places the human in the garden “to work it and to keep it.” The Hebrew word avad is key. It can mean “to labor,” but more often it means “to serve” or “to care.” This
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His disciples were with him as he left. They saw a beggar. They put to him a question which bothered them, just like it bothers us. They asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
A Delicious Irony in the Story of Jesus and the Man Born Blind Read More »
I can see why they built a church to commemorate her. I can hear the preacher’s words at the dedication service of the church, 1,700 years ago.
The Samaritan Woman and Jesus: When Mockery Turns to Faith Read More »
What should be the response of Christians to those whose favourite verse is “an eye for an eye”? Are they Christians?
Born again? Nicodemus, Mr Trump, and the Cross of Christ Read More »
Most of the homes are filled with ang pow, red packets with gifts of money; and oranges, which signify wealth. Talk of death is forbidden. Yet,
The First Sunday of Lent and ashes among red packets Read More »
Why did Matthew tell us of the transfiguration? Why does he frame it as Jesus’ response to the depression his disciples fell into when they learned about the crucifixions in their own futures? Why does he tell us about Peter’s tent-construction proposal? Why was God so “political” in the way he addressed Jesus?
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