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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How to Be Faithful Like God is Faithful
Most translations of 2 Corinthians 5:21 reference "the righteousness of God." What is this mysterious quality? In this passage, Paul references Isaiah and the covenant promises of God to explain what it means to be an Apostle. The vocation of Apostleship, says Paul, is about embodying God’s faithfulness to the covenant, just as Jesus did in his willingness to go to the cross on our behalf.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29
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Salvation is About More Than Going to Heaven
Thinking Through Salvation puts the admittedly giant concept of salvation within its larger biblical framework. While salvation includes questions about what happens after death, “going to heaven” is not the primary focus of the story told throughout the Bible.In this video, Prof. N.T. Wright examines three common definitions of salvation to see how well they fit the biblical picture and how the portrait of Jesus in the Gospels fits into each of these, ultimately refocusing our attention on the Kingdom of God.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29
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Your Work Matters to God
Does the here and now matter? Why bother serving God? The Apostle Paul asked this same question. He provides his answer in 1 Corinthians 15:58. Paul assures us that what we do in the present is not worthless or wasted because it is part of a much greater design for God’s future.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29
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