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Mar 31, 2012
Victory at Sea
Growing up in Florida, I've experienced a number of hurricanes. From listening to predictions of the storm’s path to surveying the damage left...
Mar 29, 2012
Just Say the Word...
(Matthew 8:5 - 13) What a concept: to make God Himself marvel in amazement. It's almost unbelievable... Yet this was exactly the reaction Jesus had...
Mar 27, 2012
Going. Bringing. Hindering.
(Matthew 9:1-8; Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26). Imagine the following scene: Look at the Pharisees in the first row, dressed up according to their...
Mar 22, 2012
Demon-Possesed
The story of the two demon-possessed men (Matt. 8:28 - 34) is very significant and deserves specific attention. Firstly, almost all of Jesus'...
Mar 21, 2012
The Cure
Editor's Note: The following post is from Alvaro Ordoñez, MD. He is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the prestigious Johns Hopkins University. We...
Mar 16, 2012
Being on the Winning Team
For those of you who follow American sports, you know that yesterday marked the beginning of "March Madness." For those of you who don't...
Mar 14, 2012
The Sermon on the Mount: Overview
On Cross Connection, we've spent the last several weeks going into an in-depth study of the Sermon on the Mount. Now that we've finished studying it,...
Mar 07, 2012
The Most Difficult Verse of the Sermon on the Mount
Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces. –...