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Doubting Thomas

Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”  Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”  Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”  (John 20:27-29) Dee and I spent the weekend in northern Minnesota.  Saturday night we selected a new church to visit on Easter Sunday morning with the family.  It’s always an interesting thing visiting a new church – what is the pastor like, what is the worship music like, and what are all the people like?  About 50% of the way through the sermon, it became clear that this particular message was going to resonate for a long time.  Towards the end of the message, the pastor posed a question as to why most people reject Jesus as their savior.  He offered two reasons: 1)    The story is just too good to be true.  Why would God send his only Son to die for me - given my track reco