the people’s schedule. On one occasion it is specifically stated that Jesus received the people in “[the] evening at sundown” (Mark 1:32–34; cf. Matt. 8:16–17; Luke 4:40–41). This would have been the only time of the day when common laborers would have been free to bring their sick to him and to hear his message. Having grown up in Texas, I thought eleven o’clock on Sunday morning was the holy hour. I was shocked when I was called to a church in Indiana that had morning worship at ten o’clock. Most
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