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Live Like You Were Dying
“I was in my early forties, with a lot of life before me, and a moment came that stopped me on a dime. I spent most of the next days looking at the x-rays…” So begins Tim McGraw’s popular song about dealing with the surprise of sudden bad news and finding oneself at death’s door. … Continue reading
Do not be frightened!
That’s easier said than done—isn’t it? It seems like being scared comes much more natural, because there is so much to be afraid of. On a daily basis we are inundated with bad news. Wars, terrorist attacks, random violence, stock market and economic downturns, unemployment, corruption at all levels of society, new diseases despite of … Continue reading
Discipleship and the Cross
Here are a few quotes from the German Theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer who was martyred under Hitler: Suffering and Rejection are the summary expression of Jesus‘ cross. Death on the cross means to suffer and to die as someone rejected and expelled. Discipleship as commitment to the person of Jesus Christ places the disciple under the … Continue reading
The Passion of the Christ
During this week, Christians around the world remember the suffering that God’s son, Jesus, the Christ went through. The recently released movie portraying the last twelve hours of Jesus, has generated much controversy, praise, and maybe most of all new interest in how and why Christ suffered! It seems remarkable that in a world, where … Continue reading
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