Recognizing Jesus
It took a wild and crazy guy—someone out of his mind—to recognize who Jesus was.
It happened early in the ministry of Jesus at a synagogue in Capernaum where he was teaching with great effectiveness. That is, the folks gathered there on the Sabbath were impressed by how different this young rabbi was from the scribes who were their normal fare. Evidently it wasn’t just what he was teaching but also the authority with which he taught.
Those were people in their right minds: tame and typical. more
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“Compassion and justice are companions, not choices.”
—William Sloane Coffin, Jr.
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