July 9, 2023

 Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30,  Zechariah 9:9-12

Zechariah

Guest preacher Elizabeth Yerxa spends time pondering the words of Zechariah. She will help us consider how his words, in the wake of the Babylonian exile, influenced Matthew. Of all our Gospel writers, Matthew works most intentionally to tie the stories of Jesus into the larger Jewish tradition and the Hebrew Bible.

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