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When Jesus rose from the dead, it was an event that was new, significant, and something that forces us to look at our lives with a new retrospective --- it's a black swan event.

The thing that is wrong with the picture of the dead Christ is that it should be us, we should be dead, that is why we cry, beat our breasts, and lament -- but it is also the thing that forgave our sins and made us able to rejoice on Easter.

Where has humility gotten you? Did the people who followed Jesus do it because He was so humble, or because He was so great?

The story of Mary anointing the Lord's feet brings out Lent into perspective

Paul tells us about his credentials and what they mean in the grand scheme of knowing Jesus - skubala.

If you could go back to a certain time of life, what would you return to and why? What does Jesus have to do with this urge in us to go back?

God's alien righteousness is given to us as a force outside of ourselves, which makes us ambassadors of an alien righteousness brought to earth.

We recognize that we need to change, to repent from some of the things that we do. Jesus even tells us that we need to do it, or we will perish. Consider what you need to change in your life and how long it will take you to change.

Do you find yourself distracted from the things in your life that God has already said are good for you? Do you really want those things?

When Paul urges the people in Philippi to imitate him, it seems strange - but what role does imitation play in Christian life?

How do you know that you're mortal? Thanks to Eric, Sarah, Andrew, and Matt for sharing.

Getting a glimpse of Jesus in Transfiguration is a lot like getting a glimpse of who somebody really is on a first date. Transfiguration Sunday / Luke 9:28-43 Image: Valentine by Kmhinkle at Flickr

Can you hear Gods will for your life? Of course you can. Its written in His book.

Jesus gets the people in His hometown mad enough that they try throwing Him off a cliff. What could I say that would make you that mad? Epiphany 4 - Luke 4:21-30 Image: Day 95: I stand accused by Meredith Farmer at Flickr

Jesus changes our perspective on what it means to be in this world. Epiphany 3 - Luke 4:14-21 Image: Underdog by thejbird at Flickr

Do you need a break from your life in order to move forward? Jesus gives you His life so that you can break away from the sin of yours. Baptism of Our Lord - Series C Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Image: a mikveh pool

We know Jesus from the past, from the stories of long ago, but do we know him today? Christmas 2 - John 1