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PHall | July 15, 2023
A – NEGATIVE EFFECT INWARD AND OUTWARD: 42) “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to fall away —• Contrast between tempting and few. B – PRESENT PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT FOR FAILING: it would be better for him if a heavy millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into […]
PHall | July 15, 2023
“Salted with fire” (Mark 9:49) is a notoriously hard saying of Jesus. Context can help. Before this difficult text (Mark 9:42-50), there is a scene whose imagery lends the metaphors of fire and water. A demon possessed son is being tossed into the water and fire (Mark 9:22). The father asks Jesus to have compassion […]