authority

Sometimes, no matter what you say, people get it wrong. All Jesus was trying to do was help. All he was doing was trying to be accurate. All he was trying to do was explain why he had, when a man was brought for healing, forgiven the man’s sins. The teachers of the law, when […]

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it is easy to forget

We had a conversation tonight about a difficult book. There were 6 of us, with different shades of opinion about the book. More accurately, there were 5 of us with different shades and one with a completely different color. I was a good debater. I thought quickly about a variety of texts. I found myself […]

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Like God (Valentine weekend edition)

Be like God. Love your enemies. That’s what Jesus is saying in Matthew 5:43-48. He starts with enemies. When it rains, it rains on everyone. Though we wish there were little clouds that followed some people and little suns that followed others, it rains on everyone. Everyone in the parking lot I’m looking at as […]

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