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The Already But Not Yet
While the Bible writers often assumed that the last days would be shorter, they still believed that they were living in the last days (He 1:2). The Kingdom of Heaven and its king, Jesus, were inaugurated on the cross—and now we wait for His return to bring the Kingdom into its fullness. It is here,…
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On Earth As In Heaven
The problem with physical bodies is that they don’t belong in the spiritual realm, for the spiritual realm is for spirits. So if Paul truly believed that Christians would be taking on new imperishable bodies raised in glory and power (1 Corinthians 15), then how did he expect this to all work out on paper?…
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Project Homeless Connect 2019
Thanks to WLNS for featuring our event today! For the second year, our church hosted Jackson’s annual Project Homeless Connect. It’s an event where the city’s homeless can meet dozens of organizations that can help them, get a free haircut, flu vaccines, lunch, and more. It’s put on by the Jackson County Continuum of Care,…
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Earth in Context
The universe is big—like, 2 trillion galaxies big. And that’s just an estimate if there is in fact only one universe. At 1208-Bit this week I took us on a journey through the cosmos to see just how vast God’s creation is. Check out this podcast episode on 1208GREENWOOD’s webpage or simply subscribe to the…
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The Returned
Matthew puts a detail in his gospel that the other 3 gospels do not: Some of the dead returned to life and walked around Jerusalem. And this is not the only time in the Bible or in history that the Holy Spirit has brought people back to life. Check out this podcast episode on 1208GREENWOOD’s…
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Resurrection: Life After Life After Death
Though we’ve had thousands of years to create a deep theology of resurrection, we have for some reason reduced the concept to a fraction of what it is. The Bible writers understood resurrection to be a whole lot more than what we teach. When Jesus was resurrected from the dead, it sent theological shockwaves throughout…
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No Sex or Marriage in the Resurrection?
Obviously, sex and marriage play a big part in society and humanity, so Jesus’ statement that such things won’t exist in the resurrection (Mk 12:24-27) surprises us and even comes across a bit harshly. After all, many of us who are married can’t imagine living in eternity without our spouse and the near majority of us can’t…
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Resurrection is Crucial to Christianity
Jesus prophesied about Himself to his disciples, saying, “they will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And after three days he will rise” (Mk 10:34). You can just imagine the disgruntled faces of the disciples. Not only was resurrection a hot topic in Jesus’ time, but there was nothing in…
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Resurrection Life is Different
The Sadducees were known for their disbelief in the idea of resurrection. The Bible even paints them as thinking the whole thing is a joke. And Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and…
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Resurrection: An Ancient Hot Topic
Every generation of the church has been plagued by a hot topic of some sort. We only need to think of the doctrines different denominations fight over today to see that. It wasn’t any different in Jesus’ time, as different sects of Judaism were having their own doctrinal debates. And one of those debates was…
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