Luke 10, 10-11

[10] But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say, [11] 'Even the dust of your town that sticks to our feet we wipe off against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’

I take "...we wipe off against you" to mean not to hold things against each other or to judge others as this is not matter for people to engage in, rather it is God’s.



There is some debate about the origins of the Gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke with some saying Luke is based on Mark and Matthew as well as there is a debate of whether Mark is based on Matthew or if Matthew is based on Mark. Type in “Mark’, “Matthew’, and/or “Luke’ into yahoo.com search and there will be a listing for Wikipedia on the first page for each one entered.

Some argue that the role of scholarship is to prove biblical teachings. I think the role of scholarship is to study biblical teachings and raise our spirits when there is evidence to support them and challenge our faith when there is not or when the evidence contends what we believe to be the case: after all if faith is not about being tested what is? Through this process our faith is strengthened as we face falsehoods or fears and conquering them by replacing them with truths. While learning truth may challenge our faith it will never destroy it as God exists and nothing can change this.