Tag: paradise

• Does Heaven Have a Waiting Room?

  39These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, 40since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.–Hebrews 11 (emphasis) I read a fascinating theory about this verse. It involves what theologians call the “intermediate state.” This is a…

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  July 13, 2024

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• Criminal

  39One of the criminals who were hanged railed at [Jesus], saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!” 40But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but…

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  March 22, 2024

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• Remember Me

  4Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people; help me when you save them…–Psalm 106 This psalm is one of confession and brokenness before God. The psalmist even confessed the historical sins of his ancestors who God brought out of Egypt and into the Promised Land. And in his humility, he uttered verse…

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  June 15, 2022

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