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Another great cartoon from Spike Davis. I wonder how many\u00a0more things that Jesus never said, but some people think he did, you can list. And I wonder whether imagining Jesus saying he wished he\u2019d come up with a particular phrase is a helpful reminder that he was a human being \u2013 a gifted teller of stories, and a charismatic leader with a powerful moral vision, to be sure, but not less human because of that.<\/p>\n
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Another great cartoon from Spike Davis. I wonder how many\u00a0more things that Jesus never said, but some people think he did, you can list. And I wonder whether imagining Jesus saying he wished he\u2019d come up with a particular phrase is a helpful reminder that he was a human being \u2013 a gifted teller of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":30785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,42,67,91],"tags":[1625,2039,3901,5677,11822],"class_list":["post-30786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-historical-jesus","category-humor","category-new-testament-bible","category-star-wars-science-fiction","tag-cartoon","tag-comic","tag-george-lucas","tag-jesus","tag-star-wars"],"yoast_head":"\n
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