... make us stand out or lift us above the pack. A lot of kids dream about that. One of my daughters was enchanted by Harry Potter. When she was little, she would have loved to wave the magic wand to change back the clock, alter nature, cast a ... Jesus and be drawn to him. The Bible stories about Jesus revealed someone of great power and authority. That’s the gospel of Mathew’s favorite word: “authority.” Three different times, Matthew said Jesus had the authority to heal every single sick person (4:23, 8: ...
