In the Heart [Proper 15A]
The Rev. Jeremiah Williamson Matthew 15:10-28 In the Heart How dare he talk to them like that? They were better than him. He was a nobody from nowhere. Sure, Jesus had a handful of followers and some popularity but pretty much anybody with some charisma can brainwash a few na ï ve peasants. He was a low-life. His father was a hillbilly carpenter – if that guy was even his dad. There were rumors that his mother was already knocked up when they got married – just another loose teenage girl with no morals. It's no surprise he shows his elders no respect. Just look at the kind of family he comes from. And that group he calls his disciples. What a joke. They are a shabby group; they don't even observe basic purity laws. It's gross; they don't wash their hands before they eat. And their leader has the chutzpah to walk around like he is expert on Torah? His disciples do...