There is a reason the disciples are best known as the “duh!-ciples.”

Jesus hand-picked his own team, these twelve companions in ministry and mission. How could his chosen dozen have been so duh! and dumb?

Come on, now. Don’t deny that this very thought has not crossed your mind at some point or another when reading any of the four gospels! From the safe distance of twenty centuries it is easy to look back self-importantly at Galilee and assert that, “If I’d been there I’d have ‘gotten it!’”

Really? You think?

The Man — the charismatic Jesus, the greatest communicator and most creative person the world has ever seen.
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