Close to the King (The Inescapable Story of Jesus #12b)

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Close to the King (The Inescapable Story of Jesus #12b)

August 11, 2024 • Ben Zornes • Mark 12:28–44

Trends come and go. This diet is the secret. This exercise routine of Mongolian herdsman will resolve all your health issues. This legislation will solve all societal ills. The list of such fixes is long. Man wants a law which, if rigorously obeyed, will solve every evil and will give coherence to everything. But Jesus gives us the sum and substance of true righteousness, and the coherence point for the universe.

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