Tag: Matthew
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Interrupting Jesus 11 – a last supper in Jericho
Jericho, best known as the place where the Hebrew nation, led by Joshua, began their conquest of Canaan with a march around the walls of Jericho, strategically central to inland trade routes to the Mediterranean. Along a barren highway to the west, about a 15 mile walk to Jerusalem after an ascent from the small town of Bethel. Galileans,…
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Interrupting Jesus 9 – not too dirty for God
Cleanliness is next to Godliness. You know the old saying (based on an old Hebrew proverb) and preached by John Wesley, among others. Can one so dirty in sin or lifestyle approach God? We are all sinners and none is clean enough without the Living Water. You and I may be able to think of…
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Interrupting Jesus 8 – late to a funeral
Are the moments of Jesus’ earthly mission so different than yours? What unexpected event interrupts your week? Who interrupts your daily journey though life? How will you touch their lives? How will you fit everything and everyone in? Jesus, the promised Christ of GOD the Father, had an earthly mission to accomplish in just 3 years.…
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