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Monday – What did that tree ever do to you?

I’ve never really cared much for figs. I guess when they come in the form of a Newton, they seem to be tolerable, but in any other situation, I think I’d rather eat a prune. To be completely honest with you, if not for the story in the Gospels, I wouldn’t even have been able to tell you that they grew on trees. They’re silly little fruits that most people prefer to eat all dried up and shriveled. That should…

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Fulfilling its Holy Week destiny (Tuesday)

Anyone alive in the 90’s and early 2000’s (which I was), is familiar with the television show “Friends.” It tells the story of a unique group of six twenty-somethings in New York City, who find themselves deeply embedded and engrossed in one another’s lives - through every up and down, and twist and turn. As is the case with basically every successful sitcom, there are multiple on again off again relationships, fashion and hairstyle trends, those who find love in…

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When fear comes from a fig tree

They couldn’t believe it. The tree was dead. Like shriveled, brown and broken dead. Just yesterday it had been as healthy as could be - well except for the lack of figs that is. Jesus had wanted something to eat, and He had gone to the tree - something He had done so many times before. Only this time, there weren't apparently any figs, just the leaves; and He was none too happy about it.  “May no fruit ever come…

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