Category Archives: Jesus Christ

The Number of the Beast and Wild Claims

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Rick Wadholm

A friend recently posted a video that makes claims concerning the “number of the beast” in Revelation 13:18 (it can be viewed HERE) . I found the following graphic posted on Facebook of Walid’s claims about the symbols/words written in … Continue reading →

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Who Was Joseph's Father?

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Rick Wadholm

I was asked today about the seeming disparity between the genealogy of Matthew and Luke, both of whom provide a different father’s name for Joseph the (supposed) father of Jesus: Jacob (Matthew 1.16) and Heli (Luke 3.23). There are two … Continue reading →

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I Can Almost See Jesus

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Rick Wadholm

I recently bought the blue-ray edition of Ben-Hur (1959) and we had a family movie night last night enjoying it. One thing, however, kept coming up. Cambria (8) kept commenting how badly she wanted to see Jesus’ face. If you … Continue reading →

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The Life of a Flower

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Rick Wadholm

Yesterday, my eight year old daughter (Cambria) was commenting on the amazing bouquet of flowers beautifully displayed on our table. She got after one of the other kids for knocking some of the babies breath off telling them, “Don’t kill … Continue reading →

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The Mark of the Beast Revealed!

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Rick Wadholm

We live in a time where there is extreme fascination with things found in the book of the Revelation (though this has really always been the case). You know…that book at the end of your Bible with all of those … Continue reading →

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A Brief Theology of Suffering: The Story of God and Man

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

<!–[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]–> There can be no missing that something is terribly wrong with the world.  One need not look far to conclude this.  Sin and evil; death and suffering; sorrow and loss abound.  Not that there is … Continue reading →

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Forever Listening to the Spirit

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

I recently read something by Lesslie Newbigin (that great missionary statesman of the twentieth century) that struck a chord with me.  He wrote the following concerning the Jerusalem congregation’s recognition of the validity of the Gentile mission that Peter had … Continue reading →

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Jesus Christ and Time

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

 I’ve been reading through Karl Barth’s “Dogmatics in Outline” (for a third time now and eagerly awaiting the arrival of the complete fourteen volume “Church Dogmatics” this coming November first) as prep for Sunday nights working through the Apostles’ Creed … Continue reading →

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Why I'm Done With The Christian Life

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

Perhaps you may be wondering why I would say that I’m done with the Christian life (which is following suit after Dietrich Bonhoeffer who states as much in the final pages of his “Cost of Discipleship”). I’m a pastor after … Continue reading →

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Jesus and the Old Testament

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

There was a wonderful and concise blog post over on the Desiring God Blog that I rather enjoyed (you can read it here). It’s about the fact that there was never anyone who knew the Old Testament (or Hebrew Bible) … Continue reading →

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