Hi, I'm Christi Graham, host of All in the Ground with Samaritans Purse.

On the ground with Samaritans Purse brings you stories of how God is working,

and I have the privilege of introducing you to the people that we help,

our volunteers and our staff, including our president Franklin Graham.

I believe that our calling is to take the gospel to the ends of the earth.

We don't feed people or take medicine without telling them about who Jesus Christ is

and what he did on the cross.

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During today's conversational back porch theology, we're going to explore the miraculously cohesive

band of brothers Jesus chose to be His disciples and how they modeled unity, not uniformity.

In fact, you'd be hard pressed to find a group of men in the ancient Near East

who were more diametrically opposed with regards to cultural views and societal

norms that fields of McCoy's might have had more things in common.

And in light of Jesus intentionally choosing exactly a dozen ragamuffins to follow him,

which many scholars say is a nod to the original 12 tribes,

we're heading back to the Old Testament today too to highlight a Heypax Lagamanon.

That's a fancy phrase, which means a word or expression that's only used once in the linguistic

context or entire text. And the Heypax Lagamanon, Allie Nargani, explore pretty much proves the

adage God doesn't always call those who are equipped, but He always equips those He calls.

So please grab a cup of coffee in your Bible unless you're driving or

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