Tag: Jesus
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Interrupting Jesus 4 – Samaritans & family black sheep
Israel. Let’s get something straight: There was NO Israel in the Roman Empire. (Just take a look at the map). Call it Israel or call it Palestine; you will see that to the Romans, Judeans and Samaritans, Israel does not exist except as part of a long-gone past. A certain hatred existed in the days of…
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Interrupting Jesus 3 – interrupted by academia
We’ve all met them: the academicians, professors, learned men of logic with indisputable researched proofs of their position; the Doctors of Divinity and PhD’s of wisdom: we’ve all met them. If you have not read the books of wisdom in the Bible, notably Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, you have neglected your own education by God. Of…
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Interrupting Jesus 2 – gift for a bride & groom
“Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” – John 2:4 A young Jewish man from an insignificant town of Nazareth in Roman occupied Galilee, though only thirty years old, begins to gain a following. He is unmarried and head of his family, consisting of a widowed mother and younger brothers. Disciples of this…
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