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The short one.(Living by the Word)

Publication: The Christian Century
Publication Date: 19-OCT-04
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Sunday, October 31 Luke 19:1-10

ONCE THERE WAS a short, rich, bad man in Jericho named Zacchaeus. He heard that Jesus was coming to town, and he really wanted to see him. Unfortunately, the crowds around Jesus were thick and Zacchaeus was short, so he couldn't see. Then Zacchaeus had an a...

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...idea. He would climb sycamore tree. Fortunately, Jesus spied him up in the tree and invited himself to dinner. Zacchaeus was so happy that he volunteered to make good all the financial harm he had done. At this point, Jesus declared him saved.

This is the tale of Zacchaeus as we've all heard it--a short bad man climbing a sycamore tree to get a glimpse of Jesus. It is the story as I knew it until I heard Charlie Cook preach on it one Sunday in the mid '70s. Charlie was the pastor of the United Methodist Church I attended when...

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