Contributed by William Mouser on May 17, 2005
                    
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Days before His crucifixion, Jesus exposed the hostility of the unbelieving world to Himself, and (by implication) to all those who are loyal to His mission.
                
                    
                        Fifth Sunday in Lent
Deuteronomy 18:15-22, 1 Peter 4:12-19, Luke 20:9-18
Rejoice in the Sufferings of Christ
	Jesus’ encounters with the Pharisees were always occasions for high drama.  I can’t think of one of them, with the single exception of Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus, where Jesus and
                        
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