Judgment as lament
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Jesus didn’t just lament the wicked—he wept over the religious. Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum weren’t pagan strongholds. They were centers of worship, Scripture, and spiritual tradition. And yet, when the kingdom of God showed up in their streets—in the form of healing, mercy, and confrontation—they shrugged. This essay explores the quiet danger of religious familiarity:…