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It's hard to visualize Jesus' unique approach to healing the deaf man without thinking of that childhood prank of wetting our forefinger and sticking it into some unsuspecting person's ear! You can be sure that their intent was not to heal the deaf. Though that's not exactly what happened (after placing His fingers in the man's ears, He spit and touched the man's tongue), thinking of it this way makes it more memorable.
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Many know that Jesus was the promised Messiah who would bring salvation to all mankind (see Genesis 12:3, Isaiah 49:6), but few know that salvation was first offered to God's chosen people, the Jews. Jesus was Jewish, His disciples were Jewish, and the first Christians were - for the most part - Jewish (see John 4:22). But the teachers and Pharisees, as we've seen earlier, rejected Jesus as Messiah.
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Sometimes I surprise myself with the foul words that come out of my mouth. Thankfully, such words are coming out less and less. But still, I have impure thoughts that I know I should not have.
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Thanksgiving turkey, lighting the Christmas Tree, 4th of July fireworks. Modern traditions which many of us observe today. We are entertained when someone is reported on the news deep-frying a turkey outdoors or decorating their home with thousands of lights, or dressing up in colonial attire to re-enact the signing of the Constitution.
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My friend was dying. I knew that. But he wasn't going to give up. After a terminal diagnosis of full-blown AIDs, Joe sought out every option he could find. It was not only for himself - his wife was pregnant with her third child. Miraculously, neither she nor her future son were HIV-positive.