What Occupies The Position of Prominence in the Showcase of Christianity?

What did Jesus enshrine in the position of prominence in the showcase of Christianity? The road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection is the showcase of Christianity. On display in the showcase of Christianity, Jesus enshrined the odd couple of evil and forgivness. We tortured and killed him. He forgave us . On the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection, the odd couple of evil and forgiveness met each other in a violent collision. The odd couple revealed God to us. Beware those who try to promote their own petty aspect of Christianity to the position of prominence. Beware those who hold the opinion that Jesus made a mistake.

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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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What Occupies The Position of Prominence in the Showcase of Christianity?
What Occupies The Position of Prominence in the Showcase of Christianity?

Christianity is not monolithic. Different factions of Christianity emphasize different aspects of Christianity. Which aspect of Christianity is, in actuality, its most important aspect? To answer this question, we need to look at what aspect of Christianity Jesus himself put in the position of prominence in the showcase of Christianity. The showcase of Christianity is the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. We made a contribution to the showcase and so did Jesus. We put torture, suffering, killing and death into the showcase. Thankfully, he did not answer the evil that we did to him in kind. He did not give us a taste of our own medicine. His answer to the evil that we did to him was asymmetric - radically asymmetric. Into the position of prominence in the showcase of Christianity, Jesus put forgiveness. Forgiveness is the vehicle that Jesus used to convey to us the nature of God. To know forgiveness is to know God. Do you know your God? The wise anchor their understanding of God to the bombshell of revelation that exploded when Jesus and the evil that we did to him met in violent collision on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. To what do you anchor your understanding of God?

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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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The Best Approximation of God
The Best Approximation of God

Where do we find the best answer to the question, ‘Who is God?’?

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The Fruits of Love
The Fruits of Love

Feeding our neighbors is a sweet fruit of love.

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What is lacking in the afflictions of Christ?
What is lacking in the afflictions of Christ?

Jesus poured the sweet syrup of forgiveness from the reservoir of love that he held in his most Sacred Heart, through his bloody wounds, and into the Valley of Tears to diute its toxicity in the same way that sugar cubes dilute the bitterness of a cup of bad coffee. Dilution is God's solution to the toxicity of the Valley of Tears.

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A Tree is known by its fruit
A Tree is known by its fruit
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Why is the Sacrament of Reconciliation Failing?
Why is the Sacrament of Reconciliation Failing?
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Which of the following items does not belong to the group?
Which of the following items does not belong to the group?

Which is the odd man out?

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The Transmission of Information from Heaven to Earth
The Transmission of Information from Heaven to Earth
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Forgiveness is the Yeast of Divinity
Forgiveness is the Yeast of Divinity

What is the yeast of divinity? How do we leaven the children of Adam and Eve?

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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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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 Mass is An Echo of the Original
The Mass is An Echo of the Original

The Mass is an echo of the revelation that Jesus released into the Valley of Tears on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. We took from him that which did not belong to us, his life. He gave to us that which we did not deserve, forgiveness. Upon this unjust transaction between creatures and creator, the entire edifice of Christianity rests. The Mass propagates across time and space this paradigm shifting revelation about the nature of God.

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Don't be fooled by the Lipstick on a Pig
Don't be fooled by the Lipstick on a Pig
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Christ the King
Christ the King

Jesus redefined what it means to be King. He turned the definition of King upside down. Once again, he confounded our expectations

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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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Forgiveness versus the Evil that we did to him
Forgiveness versus the Evil that we did to him

What happened when forgiveness met torture, suffering, killing and death in a violent collision on the road from the Crucifixion the Resurrection?

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Pour the sweet syrup of love into your circumstances to dilute their toxicity
Pour the sweet syrup of love into your circumstances to dilute their toxicity

How do we dilute the toxicity of our circumstances?

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The Mass versus the Road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection
The Mass versus the Road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection

Which is more important? the Mass or the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection? Why?

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The Key that Unlocked the Treasure Chest of Christianity
The Key that Unlocked the Treasure Chest of Christianity

What is the key that unlocked the treasure of Chritianity?

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Building the Road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection
Building the Road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection

Jesus and the children of Adam and Eve cooperated to build the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. Our contribution was torture, suffering, killing and death. His contribution was forgiveness.

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Forgiveness is the Pearl that Jesus cast to the Swine
Forgiveness is the Pearl that Jesus cast to the Swine

God did not wait for our conversion before he forgave us. He forgave us to bring about our conversion.

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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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Irreparable Damage is Done to Our Understanding of God When we Divorce the Mass from its Foundation
Irreparable Damage is Done to Our Understanding of God When we Divorce the Mass from its Foundation

The intransigence of God’s love for us despite the brutality of the Crucifixion is the good news of great joy. However, it does not propagate itself. God gave us the Mass to serve as the vehicle that propagates the good news of great joy from then and there across space and time to us here and now. Propagation of the good news of great joy is the purpose of the Mass. God did not invent the Mass to propagate his real presence. The real presence is not the good news of great joy. His real presence is incidental to the good news of great joy - necessary but not sufficient. God established the institution of the Mass to remind us through his bloody wounds that our God is the God who forgave us for the evil that we did to him. Wow! What a God is our God!

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What Occupies The Position of Prominence in the Showcase of Christianity?
What Occupies The Position of Prominence in the Showcase of Christianity?

Christianity is not monolithic. Different factions of Christianity emphasize different aspects of Christianity. Which aspect of Christianity is, in actuality, its most important aspect? To answer this question, we need to look at what aspect of Christianity Jesus himself put in the position of prominence in the showcase of Christianity. The showcase of Christianity is the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. We made a contribution to the showcase and so did Jesus. We put torture, suffering, killing and death into the showcase. Thankfully, he did not answer the evil that we did to him in kind. He did not give us a taste of our own medicine. His answer to the evil that we did to him was asymmetric - radically asymmetric. Into the position of prominence in the showcase of Christianity, Jesus put forgiveness. Forgiveness is the vehicle that Jesus used to convey to us the nature of God. To know forgiveness is to know God. Do you know your God? The wise anchor their understanding of God to the bombshell of revelation that exploded when Jesus and the evil that we did to him met in violent collision on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. To what do you anchor your understanding of God?

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Who are you, God? Identify yourself! Friend or foe?
Who are you, God? Identify yourself! Friend or foe?
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To Answer our question, “Who are you, God?”, God sent us a Love Note.
To Answer our question, “Who are you, God?”, God sent us a Love Note.

Jesus entered the Valley of Tears to hold a conversation with us. “Who are you, God? Identify yourself. Friend or foe?” We shouted our question at him. He whispered his answer to us. The conversation took place on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. The conversation was an interrogation. We gave Jesus the third degree.

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Jesus gave our faceless God a face
Jesus gave our faceless God a face

Jesus gave a faceless God a face on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. On the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection, Jesus showed us the face of forgiveness. Our God is the God who forgave us for the evil that we did to him. The brutality of the Crucifixion makes the intransigence of his love extraordinary.

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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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The Distribution of the Treasure of Christianity
The Distribution of the Treasure of Christianity

What insight did Jesus give us about God that is the treasure of Christianity? How is the insight distributed across space and time to the children of Adam and Eve?

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Upon What Rock do the Wise Anchor their Understanding of God?
Upon What Rock do the Wise Anchor their Understanding of God?

Whenever you fall into confusion - whenever you become disoriented - whenever you lose your way - whenever your understanding of God becomes cloudy, find your footing on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. Stability in our understanding of God is found on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. Regain your balance by returning to the foundation upon which the edifice of Christianity is built. Return to the rock that the builders rejected (Matthew 21:42) .

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Barely Skimming the Surface of God
Barely Skimming the Surface of God

The doctrine of the Real, but faceless, Presence of God is true - absolutely, entirely and positively. However, it is not true enough. It barely skims the surface of God. It hits the atmosphere of our understanding of God and bounces off. It is a tangent. It contributes little to our understanding of God.

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