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Thanks I needed that break.  Vacation did me a world of good as well as a mission trip to Costa Rica with our youth group.  Costa Rica, where the average income is $250 per month.  A week there convinced me of something: I’m greedy.

The greedy are nailed throughout the Bible as sinners of a serious variety.  The prophets denounce the greedy.   Paul has more than a warning or two.  The greedy are among those who shouldn’t presume on entrance to the kingdom. Jesus didn’t make it easy for the greedy to follow without leaving much of their stuff behind.
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My father-in-law, Stanley Rozell, used to talk about hitting the ball “down the center of the middle.”  What was the center of the middle of the church’s message?  They devoted themselves to “the apostles’ teaching” said Luke, the author of Acts.  What did that refer to in historical context?  It referred to the remembered words and deeds of Jesus now compiled  in the gospels and to whatever the risen Jesus taught between the first Easter Sunday and Ascension Thursday. The only references we have to this post-resurrection instruction indicate that it was focused on the messianic meaning of Moses and the Prophets and Jesus’ take on “the kingdom of God.”   That’s what they devoted themselves to.  How about us?
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