Posted: March 30, 2023
During the last supper Jesus insisted on washing the disciples’ feet. Peter argued with Jesus implying that such an act was beneath him. And it was in the midst of this discussion Jesus inserted this observation: “You are clean, but not every one of you.”1 I imagine the disciples darted their eyes at one another
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Posted: March 23, 2023
Matthew was a tax collector. He “stole” from the Jews by overtaxing their income and property. Tax collectors in general were notorious at padding their own pockets with any excess they charged, and to make matters worse, they were cheating their own people. Matthew was a hated man but was protected by the Romans. He
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Posted: March 16, 2023
Jesus implored the disciples to follow him. And they did. But then one day he said this to them: “Where I am going you cannot come.” (1) So . . . they were not to follow? It confused Peter, and he asked, “Lord, where are you going?” (2) Jesus repeated, “Where I am going you
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Posted: March 9, 2023
Jesus told Peter and Andrew, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” (1) Then he found James and John, “and he called them.” (2) Later Jesus “found Philip and said to him, ‘Follow me.’” (3) And then he saw Matthew “sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, ‘Follow me.’”
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Posted: March 2, 2023
“The whole congregation of the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.” (1) The Israelites were angry that things were difficult for them as they began their journey to the Promised Land. But hey! 🤨 They were worried about their future—where they would find food and water, how they would provide
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