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Rich Man Through the Eyes of a Needle Dots Connected

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When Jesus spoke, He didn’t waste words. He gave us pictures we could understand. One of the clearest is this one from Matthew 19:24: “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” That’s a strong image. You can almost see that poor camel trying to squeeze through a s Continue reading →

Losing Life to Find It

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Every now and then, a line of Scripture cuts through the noise of modern life like a freight train rolling through a quiet town at midnight. Matthew 16:25–26 is one of those lines. Jesus doesn’t ease into the subject. He doesn’t warm up the crowd. He just lays it out there:

“Whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it… What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?”

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