http://almostm.com/2009/11/pragmatic-discipleship/ reconsidering things M related Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:50:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://almostm.com/2009/11/pragmatic-discipleship/comment-page-1/#comment-527 adminsmile Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:58:15 +0000 http://almostm.com/?p=899#comment-527 Yeah we like to dog-pile on poor Thomas. Jesus did not berate him. He simply made sure to give him the opportunity to know that the information reported to him by his friends was indeed true. I think there is an incredible amount of intimacy on display here: "stick your hand in my side." Through this experience, doubting Thomas became resolute. Yeah we like to dog-pile on poor Thomas. Jesus did not berate him. He simply made sure to give him the opportunity to know that the information reported to him by his friends was indeed true. I think there is an incredible amount of intimacy on display here: “stick your hand in my side.” Through this experience, doubting Thomas became resolute.

]]> http://almostm.com/2009/11/pragmatic-discipleship/comment-page-1/#comment-525 Rhology Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:27:15 +0000 http://almostm.com/?p=899#comment-525 It's always funny (and reassuring) to me to remember that Thomas gets a bad rap - sure, he did insist on seeing and touching, but the other disciples had already seen Jesus. Jesus chose to appear to them when Thomas wasn't among them, the first time. Such a wise Savior! It’s always funny (and reassuring) to me to remember that Thomas gets a bad rap – sure, he did insist on seeing and touching, but the other disciples had already seen Jesus. Jesus chose to appear to them when Thomas wasn’t among them, the first time. Such a wise Savior!

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