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The Already But Not Yet of Resurrection
Resurrection began on Easter as Jesus became the firstborn of the dead. But the Bible’s wider portrait of resurrection shows us not only that we’re the secondborn, but that resurrection has already begun in us now.
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Where’s Jesus?
The people of Jesus’ time thought he’d be back real soon—and to be fair, Jesus also expected as much. He said he’d be back within a generation, so it’s not that surprising that when the church of his generation started to die, they began to ask, “Where is he?” Peter responded to this confusion by…
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The Superhero Bodies of Easter
I struggled to understand the significance of resurrection for most of my life since the churches I grew up in seemed to say that everything of significance was found in the cross. Sure, resurrection was cool too, but it seemed like a divine CPR of sorts. It was just a thing that happened after the…
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Holy Saturday in The Rise of the Water Kingdom
A few years back I released a piece of fiction called, The Rise of the Water Kingdom. Some scholars have pointed out that the Bible pictures Jesus being a second Enoch. That is to say, that just as Enoch (in the popular Jewish writing, the Book of Enoch) proclaimed judgment over the angels that created…
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The Unexpected Victory of Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday used to be one of the saddest days of Holy Week for me. After all, from an earthly perspective there wasn’t a lot going on. Jesus was dead and his mutilated corpse was taken off the electric chair and put in the graveyard. Peter denied Jesus and returned to being a fisherman, but…
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Good Friday and the Principalities and Powers
“The worst thing about the massacre was killing my neighbor; we used to drink together.” said a Hutu mother as she reflected on killing the Tutsi children next door in the Rwandan genocide. “His cattle would graze on my land. He was like a relative.” But one day someone from the government told her that…
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The Fourth Cup of Maundy Thursday
The Last Supper is what Christians today call “communion,” and what the Jews referred to as “Passover”—and it’s this meal that we reflect on this Maundy Thursday. Like all holidays, Passover, had many traditions built into it as this holiday celebrated the Hebrews being liberated from Egyptian tyranny. Around Jesus’ time, the Passover supper had…
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Is the Rapture a Thing?
When many people think about Revelation and the apocalypse, they think of the rapture. But strangely enough, there’s nothing (at least explicit) about a rapture in the book of Revelation. Since we’re currently doing a series on Revelation and we will not naturally get into this conversation based on what we read in Revelation, we’ve…
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Betrayal and Grace: The Judas Paradox
In this episode of Jamin AI, we explore one of the Bible’s most haunting stories—Judas’ betrayal of Jesus. From embezzlement to blood money, we dive deep into how Judas’ unrepentant sin led to his demonization and ultimate betrayal. What can we learn from Jesus’ response, where betrayal and grace meet in an unforgettable kiss? In…
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