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In all the gospels, only two women make him change his mind

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Matthew’s account of Jesus’ public ministry confines him to the territory of Israel, the immediate object of his mission.

Jesus declares more than once that his God-given mission is “only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” In this instance, when Jesus approaches the northern border of Israel with that of Tyre and Sidon, things change. A gentile woman crosses over the border and pleads with Jesus to heal her ill daughter.

The end time

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In reading Matthew’s Gospel, it is a huge help to know he is writing for the Jews, but applicable for all. In his Gospel, a series of amazing signs accompany the death of Jesus. Darkness comes over the whole land for those hours from noon until His death. (Matthew 27:45)

The veil of the Temple sanctuary tears from top to bottom (Matthew 23:51), an earthquake fractures rocks and opens the tombs of the Saints outside of Jerusalem (Matthew 27: 51-52). The bodies of the dead are restored to life, and they make their way to Jerusalem and appear to many. (Matthew 27:53)

Spring Forward Sunday

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Ennis PD posts statement on missing car

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Missing Person’s Vehicle Recovered

Bluebonnet Trails, Festival return in April

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After a haitus a year ago, Ennis Garden Club members will spearhead the 69th annual Ennis Bluebonnet Trails Festival throughout April, highlighted by the outdoor festival during April 16-18. Three days of shopping at unique vendors, dancing and live entertainment downtown will be surrounded by four weeks of touring the colorful bluebonnet trails in the area.

Four of five hopefuls uncontested

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Only one of five positions appearing on the Saturday, May 1, general ballot has an opponent, though the at-large race will be for mayor of Ennis. Four of the others failed to draw the interest of anyone to challenge the incumbents.

Current Mayor, Angie Juenemann, has served a well-received three-year term. The financial advisor, now 58, will now take on Trevor Wilhoite, a 28-year old business consultant, for the mayoral role of a Ennis, whose population is now 21,203. It has grown by 2.04 percent recently and by 14.53 percent since 2010 (18,513).

Vaccine Volunteers

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Michelle and John Wray, former Texas State Representatives, worked at the Ellis County vaccine clinic along with dozens of volunteers from across Ellis County. Great to see the cooperative effort by the Ellis County Commissioners Court, the City of Waxahachie and Baylor Scott & White.

CD6 glad-handers add Ellzey, Harrison

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Brian Harrison, Former Senior Trump Administration Official,

Announces Campaign for Texas’ 6th Congressional District Special Election

The number of three-year old horses entered in the early May Kentucky Derby is usually around twenty. The purse is around three million though it is figured the victor has no idea, as comic Jerry Seinfeld has said, that if the horse were to fall what would happen the them.

Local group picking litter from waterways

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Local volunteers are banding together to tackle litter in Lake Bardwell and other Ennis waterways, as part of the Keep Texas Waterways Clean program. Keep Ennis Beautiful (KEB) will conduct a cleanup with the help of dozens of volunteers on March 13.

Keep Texas Waterways Clean, the program supporting statewide community-based waterway cleanups, is brought to communities by H-E-B, Central Market and Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB). Applied locally, KEB raises public awareness about the need for healthy waterways and provides great opportunities for community engagement.

Forgiveness

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Forgiveness is the beginning, the middle, and the end of the whole Gospels.

Forgiveness received and given breaks our meritocracy of quid pro quo thinking. Apparently hate is here to remain. Jesus obviously saw our need to be saved from our hates we harbor towards one another. First he had to expose the lie and illusion of hate, then love could show itself—and it did. How so?

He not only gave us textbook answers, but he personally walked through the process and said, “Follow me.”