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Topical Scripture: Matthew 27:11–14 Fishermen recently caught a sixteen-foot, 3,000 pound great white shark off the coast of South Carolina. Or, I should say, the shark caught them. The owner of the fishing charter told reporters, “A 3,000 pound animal is massive. People don’t realize just one wag of the tail can pool a 26-foot […]
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Topic Scripture: Matthew 26:57-68 Here’s an issue that skeptics often raise about our faith, a question many Christians don’t know how to answer: why did the Jews condemn Jesus? If he really is the Son of God, why did his own people reject him? We learned last week that everything about the Sanhedrin’s legal proceedings […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 27:45–54; Mark 15:21 Whom do you trust? Ninety-three percent of Americans say that they and nobody else determine what is and isn’t right in their lives. Eighty-four percent say they would violate the established rules of their religion if they thought those rules were wrong. Apparently, we trust ourselves. However, 91 percent […]
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Topical Scripture: Matthew 27:15–26 Mistakes aren’t always mistakes. In 1886 a pharmacist by the name of John Pemberton was cooking medicinal syrup in a large brass kettle slung over a fire, stirring it with an oar. But his syrup didn’t catch on as a medicine, so he tried mixing it with water as a beverage. […]
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Topic Scripture: 28:1-10 Easter last fell on April Fools’ Day in 1956. We’ve waited sixty-two years to see the irony in their alignment. On this day in 1996, Taco Bell announced it had agreed to purchase Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell and rename it the Taco Liberty Bell. The company boasted, “Taco Bell’s heritage and imagery have […]
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