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At the Risk of Being Called a Heretic ...

Not everybody, and certainly not all Christians, suspend their belief in science to embrace as fact the variety of miracles that are included in the Bible, the resurrection being one of them. However, as Christians we do have to grapple theologically with them. Here are my thoughts on Easter in the form of a question:Which is Easier?

Is it easier to say to “Be healed” or to say “Your sins are forgiven”?

            he asked the skeptics in the crowd.

So for those who do not believe he added, “Be healed.”

He did not say “Be cured”

But, to be healed

            From the inside out.

            That is what happens when first we hear

                        “Your sins are forgiven.”

 Is it easier to say “He rose from the dead” or to say “Love wins”?

            he asks the skeptics in the crowd

Those who have known the brunt of oppression for

          the color of their skin,

          the size of their earnings or lack thereof

          the women and children overlooked, overrun,...

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