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Podcast: The Up Devotional
Episode: The Messiah’s (questionable) family tree
Description: Matthew’s Gospel begins with a genealogy. By today’s standards, that’s not a particularly exciting way to begin. Wouldn’t you rather start with something attention-grabbing? But in Jesus’ time, it would have accomplished just that. In the ancient world, a genealogy functioned somewhat like a resume. If you wanted to know what someone was really liked … Continue reading The Messiah’s (questionable) family tree