April 30, 2017. If we met Jesus, would we recognize him? In today’s Gospel the apostles did not recognize the risen Christ even when he himself came up and walked along with them. Pastor Penny preaches on this text, asks us to consider how our desires might cause us to believe in ideas that aren’t true, and offers ideas about how we can go out into the world as Easter people and share the gift we’ve been given.
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