{"id":18209,"date":"2015-02-26T11:20:22","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T18:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=18209"},"modified":"2015-02-26T11:20:22","modified_gmt":"2015-02-26T18:20:22","slug":"new-testament-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2015\/02\/new-testament-89.html","title":{"rendered":"New Testament 89"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Green wheat in northern Israel
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Matthew 8:18-22<\/a><\/p>\n

Compare Mark 4:35; Luke 9:57-62<\/p>\n

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Society and laws being what they are, Mormon missionaries seldom if ever go \u201cwithout purse or scrip\u201d anymore. \u00a0But they used to do it quite a bit, even within living memory.<\/p>\n

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Jesus and his apostles seem to have been doing somewhat the same thing.<\/p>\n

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And, like missionaries today, those who followed Jesus had to more or less leave their families behind, as well as their material interests and concerns. \u00a0The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<\/a> is sometimes criticized and often mocked for its policies restricting missionary contact with home, and for keeping missionaries out in the field when there are family illnesses and, sometimes, even deaths. \u00a0But this seems to be pretty much in the spirit of New Testament discipleship, hard to bear as that may sometimes be.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 Matthew 8:18-22 Compare Mark 4:35; Luke 9:57-62 \u00a0 Society and laws being what they are, Mormon missionaries seldom if ever go \u201cwithout purse or scrip\u201d anymore. \u00a0But they used to do it quite a bit, even within living memory. \u00a0 Jesus and his apostles seem to have been doing somewhat the same thing. 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