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Legalism and the Heart of Darkness

Posted by JacobGoff

This is a short devotion based on Matthew 15:1-9. Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, 2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.” The Pharisees’ beef with Jesus is technically a legal one: The elders have a tradition of hand-washing,… Read more »

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Blessed are the Depressed

Posted by JacobGoff

“Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.”  Spiritual exertion won’t end suffering. Where did she go… Read more »