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Today's Reading: Mark 7:31-37 Daily Lectionary: 1 Kings 12:20-13:5, 33-34; 2 Corinthians 8:1-24 Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly. (Mark 7:35) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Our English Bible tells us that this man's tongue was loosed by Jesus and he spoke "plainly." But the Greek word is "orthos" as in "orthodox." He didn't speak plainly, he spoke correctly: He spoke truth. How can a guy who is not schooled in the Torah of Israel say anything right about God? Because God-in-the-flesh is the One who opened His mouth. "O Lord, open my lips; and my mouth shall declare your praise." Here's the truth: Without Jesus' dying for our sins, without His resurrection from the dead, and without the preaching of this Good News and faith given by the Holy Spirit, we could never say anything right about God at all! Just think of all the opinions and ideas about God that people express. You could almost think that there are as many "gods" as there are peopl