"Waste," or "a good work?" Funny how, if you give something valuable to God, other people will have opinions about that! Folks who are not parties to the transaction at all - or are they? - want to weigh in on your gift. People tried to throw shade on Mary of Bethany for her irrational show of gratitude. But Jesus praised her. Where are we in that picture? Let's open our Bibles to John 12, for Pastor Jim's sermon, Outside the Box.

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