Jesus, a Stumbling Block for Many
The Scandal of the Cross

The disciples must have been astonished. They had just made a reasonable suggestion to Jesus: he had been ministering to a large crowd of people all day, and it was growing late. It was time to tell the people to go home. Let them find someplace to eat before it gets dark—and give us a break from all these people!
But as reasonable as their suggestion seemed to them, Jesus offered what sounded like a completely unreasonable response: “Give them...
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