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Cindy
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Long story short, the husband remained a member of the church and the wife was shunned. After years of giving of her time and resources to the church and developing some very close relationships, she lost most of her dear friends from the
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“In Scripture the sea represents chaos, its churning, unpredictable waters teeming with monsters and demons, threatening death. So when Jesus rebukes the stormy sea, when he commands its fish and walks on its waves, he’s not just showing off; he’s making a statement about the God who reigns over even our most visceral, primal fears, the God who, in the words of the psalmist, “makes a way in the sea, a path in the mighty waters” (Isaiah 43:16 ESV). “Take courage!” Jesus tells the dumbfounded disciples as he walks across the sea. “It is I. Don’t be afraid” (Matthew 14:27).”
― Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
― Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
“these and other healing stories “seem to have been deliberately selected by the evangelists to show Jesus healing at least every category of persons who, according to the purity laws of Jesus’ society, were specifically excluded and labeled unclean.”2”
― Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
― Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
“It took me a long time to figure out that I was in another cult, because I was too busy being other people, not myself. By telling the story of my life, I am reclaiming it.”
― Brave
― Brave
“They show us what it looks like for God’s will to be done on earth as it is in heaven, and they invite us to buy into that future now, with every act of compassion and inclusion, every step toward healing and reconciliation and love.”
― Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
― Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
“Once again, Jesus touches someone who shouldn’t be touched, for according to the law, contact with a corpse was also considered nonkosher and demanded a period of quarantine and ritual washing. In all three stories, the point isn’t just that Jesus healed these people; the point is that Jesus touched these people. He embraced them just as he embraced other disparaged members of society, often regarded as “sinners” by the religious and political elite—prostitutes, tax collectors, Samaritans, Gentiles, the sick, the blind, and the deaf.”
― Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
― Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
Cindy’s 2025 Year in Books
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