Month: March 2018
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Rejoicing and Rejection on the Way to Jerusalem
How could the same crowd say “Hosanna” on Sunday and “Crucify” on Friday? According to Luke, it wasn’t the same crowd.
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Review of Steve Parr’s “The Coffee Shop that Changed a Church”
The Coffee Shop That Changed a Church: Discovering the Net Effect by Steve R. Parr My rating: 4 of 5 stars First off, full disclosure: Steve Parr is a friend. I’ve heard him speak on his “Why They Stay” research several times, and brought him to my church so they could hear it too. I’ve…
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Ten Lepers Left (a poem)
15 Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; 16 and he fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. 17 Then Jesus answered, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? 18 Was no one found…