Category: Jesus’ Most Confounding
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Why did Jesus cry, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Mark 15:33-41 shows he was abandoned by God so that we could be adopted by God.
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What does it mean to be born again? In John 3:1-21 Jesus tells Nicodemus he must be born of water and the Spirit, a new heart promised in Ezekiel 36.
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What does it mean to bear your cross? Luke 14:25-35 on Jesus’ words about hating family, and why a cross is a sacrificial choice, not ordinary hardship.
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What did Jesus mean by a camel through the eye of a needle? Mark 10:17-31 and the rich young man: we find we are enough when we let God be enough.
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Why did Jesus speak in parables? In Matthew 13:10-17 they reveal truth to those believing the mysterious and conceal it from those denying the obvious.