We're Called to Shine Jesus's Light Into the Darkness
The apostle John, (as with other biblical authors) makes light a central image of his Gospel, setting up an implicit battle between light and dark, good and evil. The good news is that light, ultimately, wins, as Jesus’s life and reinterpretation of Old Testament scriptures showcases. But this victory of light over dark is not merely for our own sake. Jesus calls us to do as he did and shine God’s light into the dark places around us.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29
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The Holy Spirit Is Present With Us Now!
The human experience of the Holy Spirit varies widely among individuals, and beliefs about the Holy Spirit’s activity vary just as widely among denominations. But the point of God’s spirit in the Bible is more about presence than experience – a presence we are called to be aware of as God remakes the world with our participation.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29
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Do We Know What Happens After We Die?
For Christians, going to be with Jesus the Messiah after you die isn’t the end of the story. If salvation is about more than simply going to heaven after death, what is our hope about? God is, of course, sovereign over death, but might the end goal in fact be something more glorious than we’ve commonly imagined? In this video, Prof. N.T. Wright explores the New Testament writers’ surprising silence on what happens between bodily death and bodily resurrection in the New Creation.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29
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How the Biblical System of Sacrifice Works
Blood plays a paradoxical role in human societies, reminding us of both life and death. When it comes to the biblical narrative, blood is no different. It’s all too easy to see the blood around which the sacrificial systems operate as a substitute for due punishment. In this video, Prof. N.T. Wright argues that, rather, this blood, and the blood of Jesus, work within its life-giving connotations.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29
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Why You Should Read the Bible Everyday
The collection of ancient texts that Christians have come to know as their sacred text, the Bible, is vast, varied, and mysterious. In this episode, Prof. N.T. Wright suggests that the Bible, like much great literature, offers an alternative world to the one we’ve got now. Further, the Bible uniquely offers directions and avenues into that alternative world, if we have eyes to see and ears to hear.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29
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