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Jesus Doubles Down

As the Church becomes increasingly marginalized and under attack - particularly church bodies that accept Scripture as inspired, infallible, and normative - Christians are going to be pressed harder and harder by strident forces of political correctness…

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Larry BeaneComment
"Here I Stand" Sunday

Back on March 2, an article was published that mentioned that the Synod had resolved to celebrate “Here I Stand” Sunday on April 18. This, of course, is in remembrance of Luther’s stand at the Diet of Worms 500 years ago this coming Sunday.

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John Bussman Comments
On Liturgical Layers

If you’ve ever visited the Grand Canyon (I have not yet), I’m told that there are explanations of the various strata on display in the layered effect of the rock. Each one, supposedly, bears record to a different era of the earth’s history.

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William WeedonComment
Easter by George Herbert

Rise heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing his praise Without delays, Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise With him mayst rise: That, as his death calcined thee to dust, His life may make thee gold, and much more just.

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Anthony DodgersComment
The Strangeness of Easter

To my great surprise and delight, as I was paging through the Wall Street Journal last Saturday, I ran across a brilliant feature article by Robert Barron, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Los Angeles, entitled, “Recovering the Strangeness of Easter.” It highlights the irrefutable evidence of the historical reality of Jesus’ resurrection.

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