by jakeowensby | Oct 13, 2023 | Matthew 22:15-22, Meaning, Worship
When Ashley Richmond was nine years old, a relative recognized her affinity for animals and suggested that she become zookeeper. In 2006 Ashley graduated from Michigan State with a degree in zoology. Now she tends the mammals at the Detroit Zoo. In the past, zoos put...
by jakeowensby | Oct 16, 2020 | Matthew 22:15-22
In 1942 the US Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision limiting our right to free speech. The court’s ruling is commonly known as the Fighting Words Doctrine. The justices saw no constitutional problem with prohibiting, and punishing the use of, a narrow class of...
by jakeowensby | Oct 20, 2017 | Matthew 22:15-22, Proper 24 A
Some Christians are making political commitments that Jesus would hesitate to call, well, Christian. Let me explain by way of a political run-in that Jesus had with a group called the Herodians and some Pharisees. We don’t know much about the Herodians. Their name...
