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Jesus the Pharisee?

  The book I’m reading, King of the Jews by D. Thomas Lancaster, has a chapter devoted to the idea that, theologically speaking, Jesus was most likely a Pharisee. What?! As the book points out, we usually think of Pharisees as super bad dudes. The …

My Big Fat Greek Mindset

  I recently read a fascinating article in Messiah Magazine. The article is called, “My Big Fat Greek Mindset,” and it talks about the huge differences between Western and Eastern thought. The reason this difference is important to us (Christian W …

To Give or Not to Give to Street Beggars

It’s a dilemma I’m not faced with much in suburban Colorado Springs. But there was a time when I had to deal with it daily during my six year tenure on Capitol Hill. Sometimes I gave a buck or two, sometimes I offered to buy food, but most of the time …

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