enemies | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Tue, 20 Feb 2024 20:57:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://anitamathias.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-Anita_lgr_hi_res_square_512-32x32.jpg enemies | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com 32 32 How Jesus Dealt With Hostility and Enemies https://anitamathias.com/2024/02/20/how-jesus-dealt-with-hostility-and-enemies/ Tue, 20 Feb 2024 16:11:43 +0000 https://anitamathias.com/?p=68412                                      Christ Driving the Moneychangers from the Temple, 1626, Rembrandt It’s the Tuesday of the last week of Jesus’s life. He rampages through the commercialised temple, overturning the tables of moneychangers. He heals, he teaches; he’s hailed as […]

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