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ProudMNDemocrat

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1. Jesus was talking about HUMILITY

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Sep 23, 2023, 07:34 AM

Sep 2023

When referring the camel to the rich man and heaven.

Today's Evangelical Christians, many of them, are lacking humility towards the poor if they follow the tenets of the RWNJs. For Jesus focused much of His teachings that the very rich had a duty to care for the poor and lift them up.

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