Fourth Sunday in Lent: Suspicion versus compassion

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When the man born blind loses his community for testifying to what Jesus did, Jesus returns to him.

That’s the word Cody Sanders wants you to carry into the pulpit this Sunday.

In this week’s Preacher to Preacher, Cody reflects on John 9:1–41, the healing of the man born blind, and the difference between treating difference with suspicion versus compassion. He also surfaces the often-overlooked moment at the end of the text: Jesus seeking out the one who was driven out.

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