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Kingdom of Heaven: Infiltrate

He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.” Matthew 13:33 Jesus compares the kingdom of heaven to the effect of a small amount of leaven. For all the non-bakers out there, once mixed in and allowed to sit…
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The Kingdom of Heaven

He told them another parable. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like … Matthew 13:33 Jesus repeatedly points to the Kingdom of Heaven but there is some debate about what exactly it is. The term doesn’t appear in the Hebrew Bible yet the Jewish sages refer to it in their writings. Jesus spoke of it as something…
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The Righteous Judge

We have one of the most amazing judicial systems in the world. I recently completed jury duty and came away with a new appreciation of how difficult it is to actually achieve justice. One full day was given to sorting through dozens of potential jurors to find qualified candidates. Questioning and drilling for bias, it…
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Moving Mountains

With even the smallest grain of faith rightly placed, Jesus said we could move mountains. Did He mean that literally? If not, what was He talking about? Overcoming huge obstacles This is the most obvious and maybe the most common understanding. In fact, we still use this idiom today. The picture of doing something so…
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