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Tag: Gospel of Matthew

How many people ride donkeys? — Matthew 21:1–6

On 17/01/202224/01/2022 By balaamIn GodLeave a comment

The King’s judgments How many people rode into Jerusalem on a warhorse? Not many, only Kings and generals coming in victory, or conquerers who enter to take over the land they have vanquished. How many people do you think entered into Jerusalem on or leading a donkey? There must have been thousands of them, the …

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Is this capitalism? – Matthew in Advent day 19

On 22/12/202015/12/2020 By balaamIn God, God blogsLeave a comment

Last Saturday (it will be linked at the end of this post) I wrote of the traditional interpretation and why I have always felt wary of it, because the traditional reading takes takes the Greek talenta, a large sum of money, translated traditionally as talent but in the NIV as bag of gold, and makes …

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How deep is your love?

On 11/12/201908/02/2020 By balaamIn God, God blogsLeave a comment

Following Jesus Matthew 8:18–22 The authority of Jesus Now when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side. And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the …

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