God first placed humanity in an intentionally-designed space. He did not set his greatest creation in chaos or randomness—the garden was open, free and filled with God’s presence. Yet it also had a purpose for its inhabitants.
What if our churches reflected more of this today?
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There’s something that pleases God’s heart even more than sacrifice: showing mercy to the messy.
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The two Gospel episodes are distinct sections connected by their reference to the authority of John the Baptist.
In the first, Jesus successfully traps the temple priests in the same sort of double-bind that they unsuccessfully attempted to trap him. They reveal that they cannot recognize the commission of God when its marks are before their eyes: the "way of uprightness" (v. 32) and Jesus’ miracles and works of healing (see John chs. 5-10).