The Bible contains some radical ideas that are staggering: Love your enemies. Turn the other cheek. Pray for those who abuse you. Be a leader by being a servant. Humility is a virtue. Wash your hands and wash your food. Don’t eat everything: eat “clean” animals. Bury human waste outside the camp. Love your neighborsContinue reading “The Bible is Filled with Radical Ideas. Numbers 5.”
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REJECTED. Mark 12:10-11.
“All of the other reindeer” reject Rudolf because of his freakish nose—then he saves Christmas. And the Ugly Duckling is ugly and awkward and the ducklings reject him. But he grows up to be a SWAN. Abraham Lincoln is similar: critics mocked his appearance, calling the tall, skinny man “the unlikely cross between a windmillContinue reading “REJECTED. Mark 12:10-11.”
TWO YEARS IN EPHESUS. Matthew 10:34.
When the home team wins a championship, it is HUGE. Everyone is going to Academy, wearing the gear, closing schools, having a parade. The city is turned upside-down—for a day or two. But God sent Paul and others to Ephesus for TWO YEARS. He revolutionized the city of idols. First, Apollos “vigorously refuted the JewsContinue reading “TWO YEARS IN EPHESUS. Matthew 10:34.”
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