Tag: cross
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Samekh
Depart from me… Picture the stoic traditionalist teachers of the Bible venturing out from the mega-cathedral to a far from urban valley of the Jordan and encountering a crowd that should be in church. They are listening to an unkempt man with uncut hair and rags of animal skins and leather. As they descend the…
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Moving on…
Luke 4:14-30 English Standard Version (ESV) Jesus Begins His Ministry 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. 23 And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself.’ What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here…
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Free?
How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?” We are slaves to our past. We are slaves to our culture. We are slaves to our traditions. “I was born (Hispanic, Asian, black, white… whatever excuse.)” The Pharisees were proud of being born Hebrew; proud of their Jewish past. In fact, they were slaves…
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