If we see Jesus as the “perfect reflection of God” (Col. 1:15; Heb. 1:3) we have to come face to face with God’s view of children, through Jesus Himself. This is harder than it seems. Most of us know that it’s not right to take children away from parents and jail them. However, do we […]
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Reading Matthew 2:16-18 is like walking into a news story you never wanted to see. In fact, it’s so horrific that usually I gloss over it as I read. Last year, for the first time, I lingered on what happened after goodness saves Jesus from Herod. (Though many Matthew scholars say this probably never happened,
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The first song I heard by Raffi, the Canadian children’s folksinger, was “Biscuits in the Oven.” Tears gathered in my eyes as I danced with 1-year-old Marshall. I sensed this man was responding deeply to a calling to love, that can only come from God. The words were simple, but his voice and music fed
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