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Deafness and the corruption of speech are not defects that fell on one, or some. They are the result of the hereditary disease, inherited by every child begotten of man and born of woman, carried down the ages, to your own ears and mouth, here in this park this morning. For you have your own instances of the same deafness and muteness. After all, this is not just an account told once about a healing long ago. When did you last hear His word and turn a deaf ear to it? Was it

The sad reality is that neither you nor I, however much we may claim otherwise, are as faithful, dedicated, and desiring as we ought to be. Thus, our Lord’s words cut us to the quick: the sons of this world are more shrewd, they care more about the things of this world, than we, as the sons of light—as Christians—care about the things of Christ. Worse, too often, the earthly treasures, which we know moth and rust destroy and which thieves steal, take precedence in our lives o

Why does Jesus put His fingers in this man’s ear and touch his tongue with spit? Why didn’t He just say, “Ears, open; tongue, talk. Be...