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Article: Living by the word: in the know.(criticism on Jesus Christ)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- September 5, 2006
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Sunday, September 17
James 3:1-12; Mark 8:27-38
MY WIFE and I have two sons, 12 and 14, and a standard-size refrigerator. Hence, we spend a lot of time at the grocery store. As I wait to pay for one day's installment of food, I am invited to learn the full story about the semiprivate lives of numerous celebrities. If the number of these publications is anything to go by, our desire for insider knowledge is insatiable. We want to know all of the details and we want to know them now.
Our sons are especially curious in this regard. When our boys come upon us as we are talking about a crisis at work or in the life of someone we know, they want to ...