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Desperate

bow Jesus feetThe Syrophoenician woman wasn’t insulted. Matt.15:26, NASB — “And He answered and said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” You can’t insult someone who is desperate.


Hand Washing and Preferences

HandsWash.jpegKathy — Matt. 15:2 (GW)  “Why do your disciples break the traditions of our ancestors? They do not wash their hands before they eat.” In reply, could we ask: why is a priority shift considered intolerable?  Why do you make “change” rebellion?  Precept upon precept is not preference upon preference nor tradition upon tradition.  Sound doctrine does not equal changeless traditions.