Too many Christians want to limit God’s grace to only those people whom we think deserve it. We will bend over backward—sail through a hurricane or sleep in a fish—to see our own “enemies” punished when we are no better than they are. That attitude is absurd, and God knew it would take an absurd story to show us our own prejudices.
Insisting that every word of Scripture must have a literal meaning that is the same in all languages at all times limits the power of words and ideas. God’s truth never changes, but languages do.
If Mary wore eye shadow—and I doubt that she did—it was to repel insects and UV rays, not to attract men.
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Copper the basset hound travels the world with his friend, Amanda, while she digs on archaeological sites. On this trip to Bethlehem, the ancient city where Jesus was born, this adventurous dog follows his nose to an ancient stone manger. There he meets a new friend who tells him all about life in first-century Judaea and the night a special baby was born in the house Amanda’s excavating.
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