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Honestly Praying Our Complaints, Laments and Even Our Anger

Shortly after I moved from Minnesota to Long Island, I met David, a Jewish follower of Jesus who constantly challenged me to view the Bible through Jewish eyes. David's also a passionate, brilliant, full-blooded New Yorker. For the first two years of my ministry on Long Island, David would often approach me after a worship service and begin with something like, "Hey, nice sermon, I liked that third point a lot, but I think you ...