Biblical Reading and Reflections: September 26th (Zechariah 6 & Matthew 19:1-15)
Alastair's Adversaria
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Jesus Is Challenging Some of the Reigning Values of Men of His Day
The people who would serve his kingdom would often seem unmanly to other people of their day. They were defined by suffering rather than by the infliction of violence and power. After this teaching, children are brought to jesus to be blessed. The disciples rebuked those bringing the children. Jesus radically reconfigures the orders of value that lead people to exalt one group over another. What are some of the ways in which we can reform the lives of our churches and societies so as more fully to express jesus teaching at this point?
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