Tuesday, January 8, 2019

something true

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"Something True" is the name of a popular podcast that shares strange and bizarre true stories from the footnotes of history. A dog in the United States Cabinet? A 13 year old boy who identified witches? Virginia Woolf donning blackface to prank the navy? They're all true. Strange but true.

But they're not near as odd as some of the true stories we find in the Bible. A man swallowed and spit out by a big fish, three men surviving a fiery furnace, a river turned to blood, a talking donkey? Strange but true.

Perhaps the most amazing story of all is the story of a God who came down to earth as a man in order to save His fallen creation. This God/Man was born of a virgin, grew up as a peasant, worked as a carpenter, began his ministry as a rabbi, performed signs and wonders, only to be crucified and put to death by His own people.

But then - the unimaginable happened. Three days later He rose again from the dead! He appeared to over 500 people over the course of 40 days - and then ascended back into heaven to His former glory.

The whole world has been turned upside down because of the life of this one man. And now, a third of the world's population follow Him and call Him Savior and Lord. Strange but true.

God's love for sinners in Jesus Christ. It's something true - for you.  

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