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Jesus, Thy Rod and Thy Staff

1 March 2020 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

#38 Jesus, Thy Rod and Thy Staff - The Life and Times of Jesus

A bruised reed and a smouldering wick. These words, taken from Isaiah are often quoted in connection with Jesus’ tenderness. And, though the Lord's tenderness is present to heal the multitudes in Matthew 12, the surrounding events and original prophecy seem to suggest Matthew has … [Read more...] about Jesus, Thy Rod and Thy Staff

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Thor's Oak

Around 723 AD, a missionary named Boniface entered Hesse in Germany. Upon finding a sacred tree named Thor’s Oak, he took an axe to it, cut it down and built a church. Many in the town, believing that the God of Boniface must be greater than Thor, left their paganism behind converted to Christianity.