Once again, Jesus is criticizing those who are hard-hearted, who do not listen, who only judge, who criticize first this way and then that way, and who reject both the austerity of John and the celebratory welcoming of Jesus.
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Even after two millennia, we talk about God’s kingdom being present now and here
And it will also come about finally at the end of time.
Continue readingJesus reminds of, redirects us to the sacred, holy
Jesus was teaching them while some of them were plotting on how they could put him to death!
Continue readingSharing faith in Christ
Paul wanted so much for his fellow Jews to accept Jesus as the Christ, the messiah.
Continue readingRemain focused on Christ; his grace works through us
Paul makes his case for placing all of his trust and faith in Jesus the Lord; he clearly names the struggle between body and spirit.
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Casting out demons was not enough.
Continue readingThe heart has nothing on woes and lamentations
And there is something in our human condition that is kind of broken. We might do good — in fact, really well — and then we trip and fall.
Continue readingGod’s love is something entirely unique
It is for that reason, if we ever learn that lesson, that we therefore should love one another.
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He cursed the barren tree and he upturned the godless prayer space strewn with tables of commerce that had become a marketplace.
Continue readingThe fruitfulness flowing from, through our spirit is ripened all the more with understanding
And as we grasp and come to know in ways that are profoundly Godlike, God’s truth shines in us and brings peace and fullness of spirit and living, and goodness and God-ness in us.
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