Is God playing "Whack-A-Mole" with us? The Pharisees pictured the Almighty as holding a giant mallet, ready to thump people on the head for their misdeeds. Jesus - without downplaying the seriousness of sin - taught that God's first impulse is to forgive. We're leafing through the word-pictures Matthew has painted for us, as we conclude Jim's sermon, Master's Scrapbook. We'll open to chapter 9.

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