Ccr Sermons

True Stories Pt. 3 – Loving the Unlovely & Inconvenient By Louie Marsh, 8-25-2024   (2 Sam 15.23–16.14) chronicles the story of David and his followers who escaped Jerusalem along this route after David’s son Absalom had declared himself king. King Zedekiah of Judah used the road when he tried to escape the advancing Chaldeans in 586/587 B.C.   Josephus tells us that the Tenth Roman Legion used this Jericho‑Jerusalem road on their way to besiege Jerusalem in A.D. 69.   When Mark Twain traveled along the Jericho Road during his 1867 pilgrimage, his party employed "two gorgeous young Arab sheikhs" armed with cargoes of swords, guns, pistols and daggers to protect them from imaginary Beduin marauders.  Mark Twain states that during his entire pilgrimage, he had no more need for the "guards" than he had for patent leather boots or white kid gloves   SHOW PICS AND VIDEO   1) I need to PAY ATTENTION to what I’m saying.   25  And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I