Message by elder Bud Cushman Luke 21:1-4 Money (coins) in Scripture Judas was paid in coins for betraying Jesus. Matthew 27:3 The temple tax. Matthew 17:24-27 The parable of the vineyard workers. Rendering unto Caesar what is Caesar’s. Lepton – small copper coin, usually referred to as a mite. It was a Jewish coin. The [...]
Luke 20:27-47 Objection: How can a loving God send people to hell? This whole notion of resurrection is just too hard to understand. PBN interview: We are more than just a bundle of neurons. Sadducees: Jews that take Torah literally. Opponents of the religious inventors – the Pharisees. Question: Mocking, inane question. Jesus’ answer: Attacks [...]
Luke 20:18-26 Objection: Christianity is completely political! It is a tool of the Republican party. A brief history lesson: In America, politics and religion always intermingled. 1976 “The Year of the Evangelical” 1980s The Moral Majority “Republican Religion” How Jesus addresses the question: It was a trap! He knew it! A brilliant answer. Two related [...]