John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone else driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.” “Do not stop him,” Jesus replied. “For no one who performs a miracle in My name can turn around and speak evil of Me. For whoever is not against us is for us.”
Sometimes it happens over a family meal. Someone at the table mentions what their pastor said last week, and your shoulders tighten before they have reached the end of the sentence. You may have left church some time ago, or you may still sit in a pew most weeks. Either way, that small bracing feeling can arrive before any argument has started.
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