Nicodemus
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Jesus’s encounter with Nicodemus is a beautiful expression of what love and devotion might look like, when we begin to uncover it ourselves.
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Part of the challenge of the story of Nicodemus visiting Jesus at night is that we are too accepting of the inherent conflict.
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Before we find Jesus at the well with a woman, we should check out what the lectionary skipped over, which includes dueling baptists.
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We might not focus on the gospel passage this Sunday, but if we do, we should probably check the background—it is spicy!
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Before we can jump into John 3:16 and God’s love for the world, we should take a minute to talk about Jesus’s visit with Nicodemus.
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Jesus’s encounter with Nicodemus is a story rich with possibility, value-judgment, and expectations. Reading it that way helps.