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Pilate entered the praetorium again and called Jesus, and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus answered, "Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?" Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me; what have you done?" Jesus answered, "My kingship is not of this world; if my kingship were of this world, my servants would fight, that I might not be handed over to the Jews; but my kingship is not from the world." Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Every one who is of the truth hears my voice." (John 18:33-37) *************************** Coffee hours on Tuesday mornings at the doughnut shop are special. I get to sip a large cup of my favorite French vanilla-flavored addiction. I also get to rattle the minds of |
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several local theological personalities. A recent morning, however, provided only one victim for my brain pick. Tim was there |
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when I sidled up to the coffee pot. After building my cup to a few drops short of a gallon, I sat down with Tim. Tim, a sparse, lean middle-aged man with a single red eyebrow that spanned across both eyes, is usually a downer on Tuesday morning. He continually runs about one flake short from a full blown blizzard. But on this day, he took off his red “Dodge” hat, brushed his wild red hair aside from his eyes, and looked across the big table at me. He was all smiles. First, he told me a riddle he’d gotten off the net. He asked, “What cars are mentioned in the bible?” As I sipped my concoction, I thought, |
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Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, Are you the king of the Jews? (Matt 27:11a) |
