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Most of the posts you’ll find here first appeared as podcast episodes. You can listen to each episode on the page or read the slightly edited transcript. You’ll also find questions for personal reflection or discussion.
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When Jesus heals a woman who had been disabled for 18 years, the synagogue ruler rebukes her for coming to be healed on the Sabbath. Jesus points out that the ruler treats his animals better than he was treating the women, a daughter of Abraham. It shows us that how we see people impacts how…
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When Jesus defends a woman he has healed against a religious ruler’s rebuke, he calls her a “daughter of Abraham.” It’s the only time this title is used in Scripture. Through it, and the rest of Jesus’ interaction with her, we see that Jesus affirms the dignity of women.
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While Jesus is teaching in the synagogue on the Sabbath, he notices a woman who is disabled. When he heals her, the people rejoice but the religious leaders rebuke them for seeking healing on the Sabbath. But Jesus has come to set them free.
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Jesus concludes the Parable of the Rich Fool by saying that everyone who is not rich toward God will suffer the rich fool’s fate. What’s the reason we should be rich toward God? The story makes it clear: God has been rich towards us.
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Greed can be hard to recognize in ourselves. When a man tells Jesus to make his brother share an inheritance, Jesus tells a parable about a rich man who wanted even more. Both the rich man in the parable and the man with the question make the same mistake–thinking that wealth and things can satisfy.
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While Jesus is teaching, a man tells him to intervene in a family issue. He wants his brother to share an inheritance with him. Instead, Jesus tells the Parable of the Rich Fool, demonstrating that greed is isolating.
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Amy C Walters 