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Jesus as a Jew?

April 6th, 2009 by Dale Fincher

When you hear the name, “Jesus” what image comes into your mind? I’m not talking about the image you conjure up after you think what the right answer would be. I’m talking about the immediate image that floats on the screen of your mind. Let me know and let’s talk about it. Theological historian, Oskar [...]

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Was Jesus’ Sacrifice a Sacrifice for Him? Part 2

July 27th, 2008 by Dale Fincher

Some great comments came from Part 1 of this question. See earlier entry here. As you know, when a question is posted to you, there are a myriad of ways to take it. What assumptions are behind the question? What is the questioner really getting at? What does he or she want to know? This [...]

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Was Jesus’ Sacrifice a Sacrifice for Him?

July 15th, 2008 by Dale Fincher

I received this question last week: Would you say that Jesus dying on the cross was not a huge sacrifice for Him? How would you answer this? If Jesus knew he’d get his life back, does that lessen the sacrifice? I’ll give you how I responded in the next post. What are your thoughts?

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New film – an apologetic to The Lost Tomb of Jesus

March 12th, 2008 by Dale Fincher

Jonalyn and I occasionally host a ‘spiritually significant movie night’ at our home. Last year, while we were still living in SoCal, we invited over a group of friends, most of them philosophers, to watch the documentary on the Lost Tomb of Jesus. This documentary claims to have discovered the family tomb of Jesus, which [...]

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Is Christianity Good for the World?

October 19th, 2007 by Dale Fincher

Earlier this year, Douglas Wilson (Christian) and Christopher Hitchens (Atheist) exchanged responses to one another in Christianity Today under this question: Is Christianity Good for the World? If you are up to reading this six-part exchange, none of which is too long (I read it all in one sitting), here are a few observations I [...]

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