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Luke 20:27-38The Question about the Resurrection Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question, ‘Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no children, Read more…

Luke 18:9-14, NRSV The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax-Collector He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: ‘Two men went up to the temple to pray, Read more…

This is not a feel-good story of healing and restoration, is a story of rebuke for the way we as humanity treat the poor.

This is a story that seeks to name the trouble in Jesus’ time and in our time; poverty. 

If you came looking for grace in this scripture, you will not find it. What you find is an indictment of our way of life and the chasm between rich and poor that we allow to perpetuate.