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 Robert ‘Bobby’ Brown lived an impressive life.  A decorated veteran of two wars, a noted baseball player who served on five championship teams, an accomplished physician, president of the Texas Rangers, and then the American League.

 But before all that, he was just a young man trying to woo his future wife. When it came time for him to ‘meet the parents’ he gave his future wife this advice: “Tell your mother that I’m in medical school, studying to be a cardiologist, Tell your dad that I play third base for the Yankees.”   

 


 It’s always interesting to me how the different Gospel writers tell us about Jesus. Matthew gives Jesus the royal treatment presenting him as the Messiah, the king of Kings. Mark shows Jesus as a man of action, healing, performing miracles intent of saving mankind. Luke shows Jesus as one who would connect to everyone, rich, poor, Jew, Gentile. A man that changed the people he interacted with. John’s account is a proof; showing selected events in the life of Christ that prove he was the son of God. Each book tells the same story yet does so with a different perceptive.

  I think that’s because Jesus was a man that can be summed up easily. His deeds could fill volumes (John 21:25), his words would leave an everlasting impact (Luke 21:33). Jesus is a man like no other that ever was or will be.

  To look at the man should fill us with awe and astonishment. No matter what we think is significant, no matter what we admire, no matter what we hold on high, Jesus exceeded them all.

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