An Equal and Opposite Reaction
Luke 6.37-42. Raise your hand if you love to be judged! No volunteers? None of us like to be judged by others, do we? Yet it is almost a knee-jerk reaction for each of us to judge what another person says, does or looks like. Jesus had a thing or two to say about my proclivity to judge. Let's consider His advice to us in Luke’s Gospel, chapter 6, and measure accordingly.
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- Oct 14, 2018An Equal and Opposite ReactionAn Equal and Opposite ReactionLuke 6.37-42. Raise your hand if you love to be judged! No volunteers? None of us like to be judged by others, do we? Yet it is almost a knee-jerk reaction for each of us to judge what another person says, does or looks like. Jesus had a thing or two to say about my proclivity to judge. Let's consider His advice to us in Luke’s Gospel, chapter 6, and measure accordingly.
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