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Reflections on Palm Sunday, Part Two: Firstborn

5 Apr

Leviticus always gets a bad rap.  Oh, that book of the law, people might say with disdain in their voice.  Or, uh, it’s so boring!  Perhaps yet, The book of Leviticus is where read-the-bible-in-a-year plans go to die. (When people read the Bible in a year, who’s reading it IN … [continue reading]

Reflections on Palm Sunday, Part One: Hosanna

3 Apr

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I was once told that all good theology is always held in tension. Hosanna.  That’s kind of a pretty sounding word, huh?  Find out what it means, though, and you might be surprised.  The general idea is that it means, “Praise God!”  Hosanna in the highest.  Praise God in the … [continue reading]