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Episode Synopsis
I had a few extra hours with my grandson, Calum, this week
He could not go to school, because he was running a temperature
– I get nervous about fevers – two of our sons, when very small, had febrile seizures
• so it makes sense to me that parents wanted Jesus to touch their children
• what doesn’t make sense is that the disciples would block them
– Jesus’ message, from his first spoken words in chapter 1,
• has been the kingdom of God (Mk. 1:15)
• now he places children in the center of God’s kingdom
◦ it belongs to them,
◦ and the only way to enter the kingdom is to receive it as a child
He could not go to school, because he was running a temperature
– I get nervous about fevers – two of our sons, when very small, had febrile seizures
• so it makes sense to me that parents wanted Jesus to touch their children
• what doesn’t make sense is that the disciples would block them
– Jesus’ message, from his first spoken words in chapter 1,
• has been the kingdom of God (Mk. 1:15)
• now he places children in the center of God’s kingdom
◦ it belongs to them,
◦ and the only way to enter the kingdom is to receive it as a child
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