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“As we observe the events of that Sabbath evening, we see in the background the landscape of God’s kingdom. Look closely. A man with dropsy lies on the floor. A message has been given about how the lowly will be exalted. A mandate has been issued to host banquets for the lowly. A mystery has been disclosed, revealing that the kingdom of God will be built upon the lowest substrata of society. Like Palestine, the landscape of God’s kingdom is sloped so that its river flows to the lowest valleys. The valleys are people whose lives are eroding away. The river is mercy. It flows freely to heal a man with dropsy . . . to host a banquet for the poor . . . to herald a kingdom for those whose only citizenship is the street. And were it not for that river, the world would be a wasteland.”
― Moments with the Savior: Experience Jesus, The Kindness in His Face, the Forgiveness in His Eyes, and the Power in His Hand (A Devotional Life of Christ)
― Moments with the Savior: Experience Jesus, The Kindness in His Face, the Forgiveness in His Eyes, and the Power in His Hand (A Devotional Life of Christ)
“JUNIA: An Apostle above Other Apostles Do you know who Junia is?3 Here’s all we know: “Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews who have been in prison with me. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was” (Romans 16:7, emphasis added). Here are words of utter profundity, words that have been silenced like a blue parakeet perhaps more than any other words in the Bible about women: “outstanding among the apostles.” Junia is an outstanding apostle, though to be sure, being a woman had little to do with it. What mattered were her intelligence, her giftedness, and her calling.”
― The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible
― The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible
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