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That's the Lutheran public radio choir with the hymn, Praise the One who breaks the darkness,

that line, they're healing every Dread disease, well, the Dread disease of Jesus day of

course was leprosy, and Jesus encounters not one or two, but ten lepers, he heals them

all, he sends them to the priest, one returns, and usually the story ends up being about

the gratitude of that Samaritan leper, is that all there is to the story.

Welcome back to Issues, etc. coming to you live from the studios of Lutheran public radio,

John Collinsville, Illinois, I'm Todd Wilkin, thanks for tuning us in, Pastor Peter Bender

joins us to look forward to Sunday morning according to the one-year electionary in that

Gospel reading in Luke chapter 17, the story of Jesus healing the ten lepers, Pastor

Bender is pastor of Peace Lutheran Church in the Sussex, Wisconsin, and director of

the Concordia Catechetical Academy.

Peter, welcome back.

Thank you, Todd, good to be with you, and thank you for that kind introduction, it was

so nice of you, and I just thank you for it.

Okay, so this coming Sunday, Luke's account of the healing of the ten lepers, is it primarily

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