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Continue reading →: Yokes and Burdens
Some people are never satisfied. No matter what you say or do, they will find fault. Others want you to cater to their whim, to dance to their tune. “But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another,…
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Continue reading →: Hospitality and Welcome for All
After truly dire warnings or persecution and estrangement, Jesus ends what scholars call his “missionary discourse” in Matthew’s gospel with a call to hospitality. Over the course of Jesus’ teaching in this discourse, there has been a shift in audience and emphasis. Jesus began with specific instructions to the twelve…
