The main difference between funerals in the first century and today has to do with our modern embalming practices. Nothing like this existed then so burial took place not after a few days, but a few hours. When it was determined that a person had died, their eyes would be closed, and their body wouldContinue reading “Funeral for a Friend”
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An Exalted View
David Blaine is an illusionist and stunt performer who has been in the public eye for a couple of decades. His most recent feat was to float upward to almost 25,000 feet while attached to over 50 large balloons in the Great Basin Desert in northern Arizona. As he was ascending, he spoke of havingContinue reading “An Exalted View”
The Resurrection and “Surprised by Hope”
Surprised by Hope (N. T. Wright), was published in 2008. I came across it about a year later and was so impacted by it that I immediately put together a series of messages on the resurrection and the profound truths that flow from it. It wasn’t that I didn’t have some understanding of these things prior toContinue reading “The Resurrection and “Surprised by Hope””
Life at the Tomb
If you want to have some fun, ask a husband and wife to tell you about something memorable—their wedding, the birth of a child, a vacation story, etc. Then just back away and enjoy the moment. It doesn’t matter who starts telling the story, they won’t get too far before the other breaks in toContinue reading “Life at the Tomb”
A Taste of Grace with Bruce Green 