Category: Healing and Teaching
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Standing Straight
I stood up straight! I looked at him eye to eye! Well, not exactly, because he was taller than I, but eye […]
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The Devil’s Recorder
Let me tell you a little about myself. I have the neatest job in the whole world. I’m the devil’s […]
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What Do We Do Now?
Luke 5:1-7 They were fishermen with their fathers on the Sea of Galilee. Simon and Andrew, James and John couldn’t remember a […]
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Eating Wheat is Forbidden
Mark 2:23-28 One of the major themes of the gospel of Mark is that people, especially the common people, are […]
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Who Is the Blind One?
John 9:1-41 I was a Pharisee, a well-brought-up Pharisee, with all the proper training and education. I knew the Hebrew […]
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Joseph of Arimathea
Matthew 19:13-30; John 3:1-21; 19:31-42 (NIV) I don’t show up in the gospels until the very end, when I take […]
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Bad Things and Good People
Luke 13:1-17 (NIV) First, let me introduce myself. My name is Judith, and I’ve lived a lot longer than most […]
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The Other Nine
Luke 17:11-19. Jesus sent off ten lepers to be declared clean by the priest. But one of them did not […]
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Jesus in Nazareth
Luke 4:16-19 I grew up in Nazareth, but Jesus was a dozen years older than me. He was an […]
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Face Set
Luke 9:51-56 The gospel does not record the conversation between Jesus and the disciples, except James and John suggesting calling […]