Summer 2026 news@God’s Acre
Enjoy the new Summer 2026 newsletter edition of the news@godsacre.
When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” Mark 2:5
This is an odd story. A paralyzed man had some friends who would stop at nothing to facilitate his healing. In order to get to Jesus, they dug through the roof of someone’s house to lower their friend into Jesus’ presence. They did this with the hope that Jesus might grant their paralyzed friend the ability to move about on his own. They pursued healing.
What Jesus offered, however, was forgiveness. It is true that in the ancient…