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UrgentRICARDOTFSM719 · OCT 02, 06:07

60. What the Resurrection Changes

People often talk about the resurrection as if it is only a future event, something that belongs to the far end of history. But the early Christian claim was never that resurrection is merely a distant promise. It was that Jesus rose, and that changes how the living interpret their present, their suffering, their relationships, and even the way they read the meaning of the body. If you spend time around believers who have actually tried to live on that claim, you notice

FiledRICARDOTFSM719 · OCT 02, 04:54

54. Living by the Spirit of Jesus

There is a particular kind of quiet that shows up when someone is trying to live by the Spirit of Jesus. It is not the quiet of avoidance, or the quiet of trying to look good. It is more like steadiness. The person still feels the friction of daily life, still gets tired, still has to make choices, but their decisions have a different center. Their reactions loosen. Their words land more gently. Their boundaries make more sense. Their compassion is not just a feeling, it is

FiledRICARDOTFSM719 · OCT 02, 03:32

51. The Temptation of Jesus: Strength for Trials

There is a moment in the Gospels that feels less like drama and more like preparation. Jesus is led into the wilderness, hunger sets in, and then the testing begins. The temptation narrative is often read as a story about denying bad ideas. That is true, but it misses something I have come to value more over time: Jesus meets trial with strength that is already shaped, already practiced, already rooted. When people talk about “strength for trials,” they sometimes mean wi