• Sometimes Jesus said weird stuff. Sometimes what he said seems weird to us because we don’t understand the context and the culture. Sometimes, he just said weird stuff. The parable of the wise and foolish bridesmaids is a strange parable, weird even. Typically, parables are grounded in the practices or…

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  • Power and Authority

    Hypocrites in religious groups are nothing new. For that matter hypocrites in any human organization or relationship are nothing new. This weeks New Testament passage, again, takes place during Holy Week. There have been a series of increasingly tense exchanges between Jesus and the religious elites. But now, Jesus and…

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