Tag Archives: Mark 5:21-43
Sermon: Enough for all
Each ‘daughter’ receives from Jesus what it is they need. While the delay caused by healing the haemorrhaging woman makes it appear that Jairus’ request has been denied: ‘Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher any further?’ both daughters are healed. The time and power Jesus gives to one is not taken from the other. Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Corinthians 8:7-15, A Christmas Carol, Apostle Paul, generosity, haemorrhaging woman, healing, Jairus' daughter, Mark 5:21-43, Poverty, Scrooge, sharing, wealth
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Reflection: Gender Equality in Jesus’ healings
You may have noticed my tendency to talk about the way that Jesus treated women, the way he welcomed them as equals in a patriarchal society. That is not just because gender equality is a personal obsession of mine; it is because this equality is a characteristic of the new community that Jesus created, the body of Christ. Continue reading
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Tagged gender equality, healing, Mark 5:21-43, women in the bible, Year of Mark
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