I remember one particular moment (I don't actually know how old I was, but I guess around 7 or something like that) when I remember actually weeping. I was by myself in a room in the house, and I was just crying because I realized how much Jesus loved me.
N. T. WrightSomeone who is determinedly trying to show God how good he or she is is likely to become an insufferable prig.
N. T. WrightResurrection means bodily life after โlife after death,โ or, if you prefer, bodily life after the state of โdeathโ
N. T. WrightJesus didn't really die-someone gave him a long drug that made him look like dead, and he revived in the tomb. Answer: Roman soldiers knew how to kill people, and no disciple would have been fooled by a half-drugged, beat-up Jesus into thinking he'd defeated death and inaugurated the kingdom.
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