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What Makes Jesus Happy?, Part 5: Redeeming Us Through His Death

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Victoria Emily Jones

In my search for smiling Jesuses, I came across this drawing by five-year-old Abi Davis, which her father, Jimmy, shared on his blog: As you can see, it shows Jesus smiling on the cross—a very odd concept, I must say, … Continue reading →

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Happy Jesus, Part 1: A Newish Conception

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Victoria Emily Jones

“There was some one thing that was too great for God to show us when He walked upon our earth; and I have sometimes fancied that it was His mirth.”  -G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy (1908) Many people—like Chesterton, apparently—think of … Continue reading →

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