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Twelve Against One

28. February 2010

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13.  That was my answer to a friend’s text asking how many people I personally know who are unemployed.  Thirteen!  A baker’s dozen wondering if they will keep their house or how they’ll pay this month’s bills.  Luke 8:14 talks about those whose faith is choked out by life’s worries.  Some of my thirteen unemployed [...]

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Four Portraits of Followers

21. February 2010

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Luke 7 paints four different portraits, real people in real life dilemmas: 1. The Humble Outsider: A Roman Centurian pursues Jesus as his only hope for a dear and dying servant. He is the least likely person to understand Jesus’ power to save, and yet he is the one who truly believes in Jesus’ Godness. Even [...]

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