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Is Immortality All It Is Cracked Up to Be?

To an atheist, death is the end of oneself. The thought of losing yourself, even if you no longer know you have been lost after it happens, is … [Read more...]

The Most Hopeful Words Jesus Spoke

Everything passes away. Every toy I received eventually broke from use or misuse. Every gadget I have purchased has become obsolete. An old newspaper … [Read more...]

Staring into the Bright Abyss

Christian Wiman, like most thirty-nine year olds, assumed he had many years of life ahead of him. But less than a year after getting married, he … [Read more...]

Facing Death: It’s Not What You Know; It’s Who You Know

Richard John Neuhaus was a Catholic priest and a man who spent every day of his life thinking about theological issues. He should have been copiously … [Read more...]

Blinking Before the Abyss: Books About Death

Who doesn't love a good conversation about death? It's the one transcendent experience we are all guaranteed to have. And it's a subject that comes up … [Read more...]

Ken Ham’s Ark, Young-Earth Doctrine, and Your Kids

Ken Ham's new lifesize ark attraction is now open. It looks like it would be something to see, and heck, I might even go take a gander someday. But … [Read more...]

The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife

"The Gospel of Jesus' Wife" is not a gospel at all but a small strip of papyrus no bigger than a credit card that happens to contain the words, … [Read more...]

Father, into Thy Hands I Commend my Spirit

The sun was darkened and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I … [Read more...]

It is finished!

In the beginning was the Word. So says the gospel of John. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. John says in this man was life and the life was … [Read more...]

I Thirst

In the fifth word from the cross, Jesus says simply, "I thirst." Someone standing nearby gives him a drink by putting a sponge on a hyssop plant. R.J. … [Read more...]

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What is a Poor Potsherd?

A potsherd, of course, is a piece of broken pottery and is used as a simile in the Bible.
It is also found in this hopeful poem by G. M. Hopkins.
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Link to That Nature is a Heraclitean Fire and of the comfort of the Resurrection

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