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Is Mark 13 about the end of the world and Jesus’ return?
The Sunday lectionary reading for the Second Sunday before Advent in Year B is Mark 13.1–8. This feels a little odd, in that ...
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Meet Five Men Who All Think They’re the Messiah
This story appears in the August 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. ‘Surely I am coming soon.’ The Bible’s penultimate verse, prophesying the return of Jesus Christ, has always ...
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The popcorn is popping
Throughout the history of Christianity many Christians believed that Jesus would return within their lifetime. The New ...
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Jesus manger: Relic returns to Bethlehem in time for Christmas
A fragment of wood believed to have formed part of Jesus' manger has been returned to Bethlehem after more than 1,000 years in Europe. Pope Francis ordered the return of the thumb-sized relic from ...
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The death of Jesus (Matthew 27:45-56)
Jesus then gave a loud cry and breathed his last. At that moment the curtain hanging in the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split apart, the graves broke open ...