Tag: teaching
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Jesus, the Physician of the Soul
Article See new postsConversationFarmer Boy Jon 🇫🇮 🇨🇱@FarmerBoyJonJesus, the Physician of the SoulThere is a powerful moment in the Gospels where Jesus explains His mission using a simple image: a sick person and a doctor. The passage appears in Luke 5:30–32: “But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat…
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Turning The Other Cheek
In its original cultural context, “turn the other cheek” could actually force the aggressor into an awkward, socially constrained choice. It wasn’t just passive endurance; it was a subtle act of resistance. Here’s why: 1. First-century Jewish & Roman slap etiquette In Jesus’s time, social hierarchy dictated how a slap was delivered: A backhanded slap…