JULY NEWSLETTER LEAD ARTICLE In Luke 10, Jesus sends out seventy-two disciples ahead of Him, two by two, into every town and place He intends to visit. He gives them a specific mandate: heal the sick and declare, "The kingdom of God has come near to you" (v. 9). When the disciples return, they are ecstatic. They exclaim, "Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!" (v. 17). Jesus responds with a breathtaking cosmic reality check: "I saw Satan fall like lightning from he

JUNE NEWSLETTER LEAD ARTICLE It is one of the most jarring accounts in the New Testament. A Canaanite woman who was a foreigner, an outsider, approaches Jesus and cries out for her demon possessed daughter. Her grief is palpable, her desperation undeniable. And Jesus ignores her. Matthew writes, “But He did not answer her a word.” When she keeps crying out, the disciples grow annoyed and urge Jesus, “Send her away, for she is crying out after us.” They could have gone to Jesu