The closest and most informative encounter between us and our God

Torture, suffering, killing and death met forgiveness in a violent collision on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. Creatures met their creator. In the meeting, Jesus revealed the nature of God to us. We made God’s acquaintance. The incandescent truth that erupted from the violent collision illuminated the darkness of our understanding of God in a glorious burst of epiphany. The closest and most informative encounter that ever took place between us and our God took place in a violent collision between Jesus and the evil that we did to him on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection.

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And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him
And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him
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The greatest obstacle blocking us from participating in the new Exodus is our superficial understanding of God
The greatest obstacle blocking us from participating in the new Exodus is our superficial understanding of God

The greatest obstacle blocking us from participating in the new Exodus is our superficial understanding of God

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The Good News of Great Joy
The Good News of Great Joy

What is the Good News of Great Joy ? Can you give us a synopsis of it? Do you have the words? Is the answer on the tip of your tongue? Do you carry the Good News of Great Joy with you in your pocket always and everywhere? Or is your pocket empty?

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The Sacred Stage where the Curtain Rose to Reveal God to Us
The Sacred Stage where the Curtain Rose to Reveal God to Us

On what stage did Jesus show us God?

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Some contexts are better than others in contributing to our understanding of God
Some contexts are better than others in contributing to our understanding of God

Download a high fidelity representation of the reality of God from the proper context. The only context that gives us a a high fidelity representation of the reality of God is the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. There we bear witness to the story of our salvation. The story of our salvation goes like this: We tortured and killed the God who loves us. He forgave us. Wow!

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The Publication of a High Fidelity Representation of the Reality of God
The Publication of a High Fidelity Representation of the Reality of God

Of all his options, what option did Jesus settle on to represent the reality of God?

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Rebuilding the gardens of the new Eden in the Valley of Tears
Rebuilding the gardens of the new Eden in the Valley of Tears

Whose job is it to rebuild the gardens of the new Eden here and now in the Valley of Tears? We think its God’s job. God thinks its our job. There is a difference in opinions. God’s prevails.

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What is the detail of consequence?
What is the detail of consequence?

What is the detail of consequence? If the detail about God were not important, Jesus would not have released it into the Valley of Tears on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection.

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Rally 'round the Cross!
Rally 'round the Cross!

Rally ‘round the Cross

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Christianity is a treasure map for treasure hunters engaged in a treasure hunt
Christianity is a treasure map for treasure hunters engaged in a treasure hunt

Christianity is a treasure map for treasure hunters engaged in a treasure hunt. A cross marks the spot of the treasure . Grab your shovel. Make your way to the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. There, stake your claim. Dig up the treasure for yourself. Make yourself rich!

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The closest and most informative encounter between us and our God
The closest and most informative encounter between us and our God

Where did the closest, most informative encounter between us and our God take place? What did we learn from it?

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THE TREASURE OF CHRISTIANITY
THE TREASURE OF CHRISTIANITY

What is the treasure of Christianity? How was it transported from heaven to earth?

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Tracing the Route that the Treasure of Christianity Takes from God to Us
Tracing the Route that the Treasure of Christianity Takes from God to Us

What route does the treasure of Christianity take from God to us?

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The Autobiography of God
The Autobiography of God

The Autobiography of God was written on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection.

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The Bombshell of Revelation exploded when Jesus and the evil we did to him met in a violent collision on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection
The Bombshell of Revelation exploded when Jesus and the evil we did to him met in a violent collision on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection

The bombshell of revelation exploded when Jesus and the evil that we did to him met in violent collision on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. The incandescence of the explosion illuminated the darkness of our understanding of God in a glorious burst of epiphany. We saw our God take part in a demonstration of divinity. We tortured and killed him. He suffered and died. Yet, our God forgave us for the evil that we did to him. Wow! We thought our God was like us. “Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,” (Exodus 21:24) was our expectation for the evil that we did to him. We expected that his answer to the evil that we did to him would be revenge, retaliation and retribution. However, his thoughts are not our thoughts, neither are his ways our ways (Isaiah 55:8). There is a difference between creatures and creator - a radical difference. The asymmetry between us and our God is breathtaking. The brutality of the Crucifixion makes the intransigence of his love for us extraordinarily amazing. “What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him (Psalm 8:4-4)?

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Forgiveness is the vehicle by which Jesus revealed the nature of God to us
Forgiveness is the vehicle by which Jesus revealed the nature of God to us

"Who are you, Jesus? Identify yourself! Friend or foe?" Jesus answered our question (Luke 23:34) on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. Our God is the God who forgave us for the evil that we did to him. Wow! The brutality of the Crucifixion makes the intransigence of his love for us extraordinary.

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Punctuation Marks: Turning Question marks into Exclamation marks
Punctuation Marks: Turning Question marks into Exclamation marks

His bloody wounds are the punctuation marks that our evil opened in his body. Before we knew what his answer would be to the evil that we did to him, his bloody wounds were question marks. After, they became exclamation points. There was a change in punctuation. The change in punctuation is the good knews of great joy - very good news for us.

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More and Better Theology
More and Better Theology
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