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Tag: legalism

  • It’s the nature of all things pickled and enlightened. Matthew 5:13-20 Epiphany 5-Ordinary

    Matthew 5:13-20 13“You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. 14“You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. 15No one…

  • A Cleansing Ritual for Preachers

    Mark 7:1-23 7Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, 2they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them. 3(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughly wash their hands, thus observing the…