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Read MoreBy calling a politician a fox, Jesus was not trying to change the political environment. Rather he was pointing out that this politician was willing to undermine, to stop, and even destroy Christ, the word about Christ, and the church Christ was establishing.
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Read MoreLuke 4:1-13: Then Jesus left the Jordan, full of the Holy Spirit, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days to be tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over, he was hungry. 3 The devil said to […]
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Read MoreThe reading of the transfiguration account is placed at the very end of the Epiphany season. It is the climax of the Epiphany season. That is because this bizarre and strange and miraculous event reveals more clearly to human eyes – in this case, the eyes of Peter, James, and John – that we are not dealing with an ordinary man here.
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Read MoreWhen Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”
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