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The God of the gaps

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"Where God tears great gaps we should not try to fill them with human words. They should remain open. Our only comfort is the God of the resurrection, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer This was one of the quotes I used Sunday in my Easter message about Jesus and his enter...

Topics: Faith, Doctrine & Practice
Beliefs: Christian - Protestant/Other
Tags: christian, easter, jesus, resurrection

Eric Blauer

Pastor Eric Blauer is the founder of Jacob’s Well, which he describes as a nondenominational church with a “neighborhood vision and city reaching vision.” He has a graduate level degree in advanced chair set up and take down and has been known to move from bark to purr over a good dark beer or w...
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