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Drawing the circle wider

Posted by Jeff on January 6, 2013

“Epiphany” – the feast that always falls on January 6.  It means ‘revealing’ or ‘manifestation’.  It recalls the time that foreign soothsayers followed a star and visited the child Jesus with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh, marked in Matthew 2.1-12.  I contend that this event, and not the giving of the Great Commission, marked the beginning of mission in the church.

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2 Responses to “Drawing the circle wider”

  1. Rollwage said

    Why, you closet Anselmian, you!

  2. Jeff said

    How so? :-)

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