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discipleship Gospel

Will We Be Numbered Among the Sinners Like Jesus Was?

In his baptism, Jesus didn’t prove his sinlessness, his purity, his righteous, or wokeness (even though he was).  Jesus was willing to be NUMBERED among the SINNERS.  Will we do the same? In a time of self-esteem fortification and polarized vilification, we rarely admit we when we are wrong, that we are broken, that we—indeed—are […]

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Baptism

The Thing We Forget About Jesus’ Baptism

Or, why a party at a funeral? I always want to throw parties and have people over.  Except that it’s so much work throwing a party. Thinking about it is exhausting.  And so is cleaning the house.  But when people are over, I love it. It brings me so much joy. Ever wonder why Jesus […]