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Embracing Young Disciples: Following Jesus’ Example

Embracing Young Disciples: Following Jesus’ Example
Jesus was about thirty years old when He began His public ministry and started gathering disciples. This fits with the cultural norm of when a rabbi would begin his work. It would also be the tradition to pick young men around the age of fifteen to join him. He would train them for fifteen years…
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AMEN

AMEN
Amen is a word of response. It literally means truth, reliable, trusted. When we say “amen” we are affirming the truth of what came before. Its usage is so common that it is even heard and understood in secular contexts as a statement of agreement. Then all the people shall say, “Amen!” Deuteronomy 27:16 The…
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Other Side

Other Side
Rabbinic teaching styles create visual images for abstract ideas to better communicate their thoughts. Think of the Biblical descriptions of people (sheep, goats, white washed walls), God (Father, Rock, Shepherd) and even places (far country, abyss, land of the twelve). Across the Sea of Galilee from Capernaum, where religious Jews were plentiful, was a Greek/Roman…
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Christmas Star

Christmas Star
This year our night sky will display a planetary wonder dubbed the Christmas star. From our vantage point, Jupiter and Saturn cross paths every few decades but they haven’t gotten this close together for almost 800 years. It will create an amazing spectacle as their lights conjoin. I don’t know what the Biblical star was…
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