Did Jesus descend into Hell?

(Note: During our sermon series on the Apostles’ Creed, Pastor Clint Lombard decided to tackle the phrase “He descended into hell” as a blog post rather than in his sermon on “He died and was buried.”)   One of the most confusing statements in the Apostles’ Creed (a classic statement of...

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Pearls for Seekers, or Pearls for Swine?

In our recent series through Matthew’s gospel, our Grace Community Group has been interested in an apparent tension between the references to “pearls” in Matthew 7:6 and Matthew 13:45-46. This post is an attempt to reconcile those two references. It’s believed that the modern though clichéd idiom “pearls of wisdom”...

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