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Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: ‘Listen! A sower went out to sow.’” vss. 2-3 Matthew 13:1-9 According to scripture Jesus regularly made use of parables as he spoke to the crowds who gathered to hear him teach. The form wasn’t necessarily unique to him, but he polished it for regular use. Parables differ…
Daily Devotions: July 3 , 2018
July 3, 2018 Psalm 123…“As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, until he has mercy upon us.” vs. 2 We don’t know where the psalmist fit into the social echelon of his day, but we can be pretty sure he wasn’t near the top because he’s had his fill of the scorn of those…