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How Do You Respond When You're Under Attack?
Pastor Randy explores Jesus' command to "Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves" (Matthew 10:10), and what it really means in a culture of anger and reactivity.
THE CONTEXT:
Jesus sends out His disciples as "sheep among wolves." They'll be arrested, flogged, betrayed, hated, and persecuted. In the middle of these warnings, He says: "Be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves."
THE GREEK WORD:
Shrewd (phronimos) doesn't mean intelligence in the abstract sense. It means practical wisdom, thinking things through before you act. It's the same word Jesus uses for the wise man who built his…
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