They just couldn’t get their heads around it. It was so brutal, so sacreligious. The Roman Governor, Pontius Pilate, had brutally tortured and killed a group of Galilean revolutionaries. But that wasn’t enough, he then committed the ultimate sacrilege of mixing their blood with the Jewish sacrificial offerings. Read the full text. 

Jesus seems pretty clear in this scripture. “Ask for what you wish and it will be done for you.” He says similar things in other scripture. For instance, in Matthew’s Gospel, 17:20, he says if you’ve got faith the size of a mustard seed, you can move mountains. Read the full text. 

As a pastor, I have presided at a lot of funerals. And this is one of the two or three scriptures that seem to be read at just about every funeral. It’s a beautiful, comforting image. For me it stirs up visions of maybe sitting by the fireplace on a cold day, reunited with family and friends. But is it real? Read the full text here. 

One of the things I am enjoying about this sermon series on wrestling with doubt is that I can relate to almost everything we’re talking about. So, for instance, today we will be discussion the question of who’s going to heaven or, to put it a little differently, who’s saved? I shared a few weeks ago how I went away from the church and from God early in my life. And one of the things that took me away from the church and kept me there was this very question. Read the full text here.

Last week we talked about the question of whether there really is a God. We talked about how we all believe in something, either in God or in something else. I explained how and why I choose to believe in God, and invited all of you to make the same choice. But there are a lot of people, maybe some of you, who just aren’t there yet. There are a lot of people who may generally believe in some sort of higher power, but they have a difficult time believing in God, at least God as we Christians understand God. Read the full text here. 

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