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Read MoreThe reading of the transfiguration account is placed at the very end of the Epiphany season. It is the climax of the Epiphany season. That is because this bizarre and strange and miraculous event reveals more clearly to human eyes – in this case, the eyes of Peter, James, and John – that we are not dealing with an ordinary man here.
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Read MoreWhen Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”
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Read MoreIn today’s text Paul states an objection raised by these same Gentile converts to Christianity: “But someone will ask, ‘How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come?'”
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Read MoreThink about it: some will say, “The resurrection of the dead is not reasonable! It’s not scientific!” First of all, the resurrection is not unreasonable, and it is not unscientific. It is not contrary to either reason or science. But most importantly, it is biblical. And so we say, “Here I stand” and not “No, I stand over there with the majority” or whatever.
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