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August 22, 2006

Volume 123, Issue #17

Lectionary

Ordinary #22B (Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23)

The Pharisees are usually viewed as simply majoring in minutiae. But that does a disservice to them and obscures the issues.

Essential question: John 6:56-69

Who is Jesus really? The answers are almost as varied as the believers.

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