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Do People Really Come Back from Heaven?
There are a number of books by or about people who visited heaven and came back. If they are Christian, or even innocent little ones, I have no trouble believing they were gifted with a vision from God. But actually landing in heaven? No, I don’t think so. That is because even a peek at God — or an angel for that matter — terrifies us. “What Hollywood gets wrong about heaven” by Drew Dyck
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The Triumphal Entry
Palm Sunday celebrates Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem, which occurs about a week before His Passion and Resurrection. It is mentioned in all 4 gospels. Lazarus and the Aftermath Jesus was in Bethany, not far from Jerusalem, where He had raised Lazarus just a few days before. The family joined him at a celebratory dinner! Yes, Lazarus was just fine by then. A number of people from Bethany soon headed out to Jerusalem themselves for the Passover. Many of them hurried the 2 miles to talk about Lazarus’s resurrection. Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him. But…
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God Can Be Really Funny
Most of the time when I ask for guidance I expect to live into it. That’s as it should be: the guidance of God is not only about what he wants us to do, but who we become in the process of listening and doing God’s will. But sometimes he just answers us. I don’t know why I think that’s so funny. It’s holy laughter mind you, but it cracks me up! This happened today. I took today as a personal retreat day to seek God’s will about my writing business and my speaking and writing ministry. (The business is marketing writing for the technology market and the ministry is…