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Heaven and Hell– clarifying remarks

These comments are a follow-up to last night’s lesson on death and the afterlife.  I encourage you to review that lesson before diving into these remarks… Well, that lesson was controversial!  I understand the negative response though.  It’s tough to...

What Happens After We Die?

Like last week, this week’s LOFT lesson is intricate and controversial enough that I wanted a written copy in case anything I say gets taken the wrong way.  This is a touchy subject and a surprisingly contentious one in our faith, but what lies beyond the sleep...

Why I’m Proctoring AP Exams

Advanced Placement (AP) classes are intense high school courses (usually for college credit) that require three hour exams at the end of the school year.  These exams loom over students through an entire year of preparation, and as the time draws nearer, many of our...

Good Friday

The text of Tom’s Good Friday meditation from earlier this evening… At the center of the Gospel, at the center of the Christian religion, at the center of everything, is a broken, bloodied, tortured Middle Eastern Jew hanging on a cross between a couple of...

Prayer for the Uncertain

Often in church life, it feels like ours is the realm of the uncertain.  People tend to seek out Christian fellowship in times of grief, illness, financial hardship, or concern for the future.  We come in with questions and dilemmas and doubts, seeking counsel and...