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Is Jesus Christ the Christian God? One of the most common faith questions people ask is whether Christians believe Jesus is actually God. Here is the short and accurate answer — and why it matters. Christians believe that Jesus Christ is not only a teacher or prophet, but God in human form. This belief is central to Christianity. What Christians believe In Christian teaching, Jesus is: the Son of God the Savior and fully God, while also fully human This understanding comes from the Christian holy book, the Bible. Christians describe God as one God revealed in three persons: God the Father God the Son (Jesus) God the Holy Spirit This is commonly called the Trinity. So when Christians say “Jesus is Lord,” they mean that Jesus shares the same divine nature as God. --- How other religions view Jesus Not all religions agree on who Jesus is. Judaism does not teach that Jesus is God and does not accept him as the Messiah. Islam honors Jesus as an important prophet, but clearly teaches that he is not God and not the Son of God. This teaching comes from Islam’s holy book, the Quran. --- Why this difference matters The question of who Jesus is forms the main dividing line between Christianity and other major faiths. For Christians, believing that Jesus is God is essential to their understanding of salvation, prayer, and worship. For Jews and Muslims, believing in one God without any divine partner or incarnation is equally central to their faith. --- A clear takeaway Christians believe Jesus Christ is God. Judaism and Islam do not. Understanding this difference helps explain why people of different faiths can deeply respect Jesus — yet understand his role in very different ways. #Jesus #plimoth#God

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A dog crossed nearly 75 miles of Iraqi desert just to find one Marine. In 2007, then-Major Brian Dennis was stationed near the Iraq-Syria border in Anbar Province when a stray dog wandered into the outpost. The Marines named him Nubs because his ears had been brutally cut short. He looked hardened, but he wasn’t. According to reporting by outlets including People, Nubs quickly bonded with Dennis and the unit, sleeping beside them and offering something rare in a combat zone: uncomplicated comfort. Then the unit relocated. Military rules prohibited keeping local animals, so Dennis had to leave him behind. As the convoy pulled away, Nubs chased their vehicles into the dust until he disappeared from sight. Days later, Marines at the new base saw a familiar shape outside the wire. Against terrain, distance, and freezing desert nights, Nubs had tracked them across roughly 70 miles. No one knows how he navigated. What’s documented is that he made it. But it wasn’t the journey. It was the rulebook. Dennis was ordered to get rid of the dog. Instead, supporters raised funds to transport Nubs through Jordan and eventually to the United States. Their story later inspired the book Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle. In a war defined by strategy and survival, it was a stray dog who reminded soldiers what loyalty actually looks like. Sometimes devotion does not need orders.

Nate Gasche

Romans 3:23-25 KJV For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; [24] Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: [25] Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; Philippians 2:5-11 KJV Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: [6] Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: [7] But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: [8] And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. [9] Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: [10] That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; [11] And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; [2] By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. [3] For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; [4] And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: ...

Michael Tovornik

When God Says No Today we’re looking at one of the hardest places to live by faith: when God answers a prayer differently than you want Him to. This is what can tempt us to pull back from God. Because we put our hope in what we’re praying for instead of the One we’re praying to. Have you ever been there like I have? You bring Him something important. A relationship you want restored. A situation you need Him to fix. A fear you need Him to take away. And when He doesn't answer the way you hoped, it's easy to wonder: Does He even care? Can I really trust Him? Our faith becomes fragile when it's tied to a certain outcome instead of tied to God Himself. In Mark 14, Jesus faces the hardest night of His life. He’s about to be betrayed and then crucified and He knows it's coming. This is when He prays: "Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what You will." (Mark 14:36 NLT) Even Jesus asked for a different outcome. He felt real anguish, yet His trust in the Father stayed steady. That’s the tension we face too. Jared and I have two babies in heaven. With one of our losses, we were told we'd lost the baby—then a week later, told she was still alive with a heartbeat. We moved from grief to hope, asking God if He would heal her. Then she passed away. Those days were a whiplash of grief and hope, and everything felt fragile. We asked for a miracle. We asked boldly. I was heartbroken when the answer was no. But my faith didn't collapse—because it wasn't built on the outcome I wanted. It was built on who God is and by the faith and grace I receive from Him. And the only reason it held at all was because God gave me the faith and grace I needed in those moments. Years later, I prayed over my mom as she battled cancer. I asked God to heal her. I asked for more time. I asked for God’s greatest grace for her (which I believe He provided.) And she went to heaven too. PART ONE

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