The Lies They Taught Me About Jesus When I Was a Teenager

<p>I remember attending a Pentecostal youth conference as an impressionable teenager. A preacher spoke of the blind man in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+10%3A46-52&amp;version=CEV" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Gospel of Mark</a>&nbsp;who sat by the side of the road and, upon hearing that Jesus had just passed by, began to shout at the top of his lungs,&nbsp;<em>&ldquo;Jesus! Son of David! Have mercy on me!&rdquo;&nbsp;</em>When the people around him tried to shut him up, he shouted all the more!&nbsp;<em>&ldquo;Jesus! Son of David! Have mercy on me!&rdquo;&nbsp;</em>Sure enough, Jesus returned to the blind man and restored his sight.</p> <p>I like to think that Jesus was moved by love and compassion for the hurting man, and that is what precipitated his action in that man&rsquo;s life. However, the Pentecostal preacher had a different take on the story.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/backyard-theology/the-lies-they-taught-me-about-jesus-when-i-was-a-teenager-869e82a51d2e"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>