The past five weeks have been full of challenges to our beliefs and faith as we have looked at the miracles of Jesus.  Looking back across these weeks, three observations stand out to me.  The first is the absolutely radical viewpoint of Jesus as He walked through this world.  In every situation He saw things differently and allowed that radical viewpoint to drive His behavior.  The second is the fundamental honesty of the people involved in these miracles.  Each one related to Jesus on the basis of where they were and what they thought and didn’t try to make their faith into something that it wasn’t.  The third is the attitude of the disciples, caught between following the great man and yet not seeing the world as He did.

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