Jesus didn’t like everybody. The man so often equated with peace and love got annoyed with people. He famously chased a gaggle of businessmen out of the Jerusalem temple. He compared pharisaic lawyers to a den of poisonous snakes. On more than a few occasions, he described his own disciples as dim-witted. And to the […]
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Tag Archives: Pharisee
The Story of The Good Samaritan
March 11, 2012 
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One day, a lawyer asked Jesus a question about the law. Being a Pharisee, who believed in a resurrection, he wanted to know the legal requirements for admission to heaven. “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” Rather than answering, Jesus asked the lawyer for his opinion, and the legal scholar quoted verses from […]
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February 19, 2012 1 Comment
The first time I experienced what I think of as God was as a bored teenager in church, feeling guilty about masturbating. Masturbation was a regular activity, being a horny fifteen year-old, and the Sears catalog provided visual stimulation. In my day, catalogs were the equivalent of internet porn. Unfortunately, I also believed masturbation was […]
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