Category: Building
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Tim Keller – The diet coke and the business card
It has been over a week since Rev. Tim Keller passed away. I have been moved by the tributes from many people across the Church of Christ, from different backgrounds and denominations, and the secular press.As with many, I joined with those who prayed for him and his family, and I am still praying for…
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Torture
“And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor’s headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion. And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. And they began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they were…
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Dark Hour
“And Pilate again said to them, “Then what shall I do with the man you call the King of the Jews?” And they cried out again, “Crucify him.” And Pilate said to them, “Why, What evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify him.” So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released…
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Working the Crowd
“Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked. And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas. And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did for them. And he…
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Justice?
“Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner for whom they asked. And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas.”(Mark 15:6–7 ESV) What do you make of these verses?Does it feel right to you?Is this a way of doing justice?Was…
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