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The Sin of Sodom

July 22, 2013 by JasonWiedel 1 Comment

The city of Sodom has long  been identified as the ultimate example of moral depravity. Genesis 13:13 says, “Now the people of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.” There are two explanations of the wickedness of Sodom: the Popular one and the Scholarly one. Genesis 19 gives us the biblical account of Sodom’s destruction. Two angels […]

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Conditional Love

January 30, 2013 by JasonWiedel 0 Comments

A story Jesus told: There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild […]

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Jesus’ Shockingly Radical Perspective on Achieving Peace

December 12, 2012 by JasonWiedel 1 Comment

The accounts of Jesus birth have become so common that few of us recognize the subversiveness present in the Biblical Christmas stories. When the books of Matthew and Luke speak of the newborn Jesus as King, Lord, and Savior they are making the bold, implicit statement that Caesar, despite the claims of the imperial cult […]

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Jesus’ Shockingly Radical Perspective on Justice

November 30, 2012 by JasonWiedel 0 Comments

For most of us, justice has to do with getting what we deserve. We say that “justice has been served” when a person receives punishment for a crime they have committed. We strive to develop systems that mete out “fair” sentences; assigning retribution that is equal to the crime. If a person is given too […]

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