The Burial of Jesus – John 19:38-42 // Matt 27:57-61 // Mark 15:42-47 // Luke 23:50-56
38Afterward Joseph of Arimathea, who had been a secret disciple of Jesus (because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate for permission to take down Jesus’ body. When Pilate gave permission, Joseph came and took the body away.39With him came Nicodemus, the man who had come to …
31It was the day of preparation, and the Jewish leaders didn’t want the bodies hanging there the next day, which was the Sabbath (and a very special Sabbath, because it was the Passover). So they asked Pilate to hasten their deaths by ordering that their legs be broken. Then their bodies could be taken down.32So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men crucified …
28Jesus knew that his mission was now finished, and to fulfill Scripture he said, “I am thirsty.”29A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put it on a hyssop branch, and held it up to his lips.30When Jesus had tasted it, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and released his spirit.
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23When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided his clothes among the four of them. They also took his robe, but it was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.24So they said, “Rather than tearing it apart, let’s throw dice for it.” This fulfilled the Scripture that says, “They divided my garments among themselves and threw dice for my clothing.” So that is what they did.
25Standing near …
This is seriously one of the most difficult questions in all of Christianity. We have narrowed it here to natural disasters because a discussion of suffering caused by humanity is related, but possibly very different. So take a look at the suffering children. Try to internalize their pain. Then lets discuss this.
If I Were God: I WOULD / WOULD NOT allow, or even create, disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes even …
There are several tenets of Christian philosophy at work here, but I believe that even the most difficult questions should be answered with simplicity or the answer simply brings confusion. Going with that theme, some will find this answer woefully wanting, and I apologize if that is the case. However, we can discuss it in more depth through the comments if you like.
The answer to this question is more …
I posed the question on yahoo answers and this is the best atheist answer I got. I think someone out there can surely do better than this. I’m a Christian and I can do better than this.If God knows what choice we are going to make, do we actually have a choice?
If God cannot create a loving robot, does that deny him omnipotence?
Does God create some of …
If I were God I WOULD have created a being that could end up in hell, because without that, Heaven would be impossible.It really is that simple for me. We discussed what in the post God’s Goals or Purposes For Humanity we described heaven and spent some time thinking about the type of relationship God wants us to ultimately have with him. As a short re-cap, I believe that …
If I were God I would / would’nt have created a being who may spend eternity in “Hell”. The question is pretty straight forward and one of the most reasonable . Consider that hell is a place, or state of being, or something, which inflicts complete agony and misery on its inhabitants for all eternity. This is not a prison sentence with hope of reform, or release of “paying your …
We are assuming if you are reading this you have already read the discussions about whether a all-powerful, all-knowing God would have created humans or not. Now lets ask the next question: What does that discussion really prove?
It would seem to me that the argument that it is illogical for the Christian God to have created humans is so weak, that it proves nothing. Our existence doesn’t prove a …