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The Daily Article

The brightest supermoon of the year: A Holy Tuesday invitation to risk-taking faith that changes eternity

The Daily Article

The Denison Forum

Christianity, Daily News, News, Religion & Spirituality

4.9576 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR APRIL 07, 2020

The brightest supermoon of the year is tonight. Today's podcast tells that story, focuses on a trick question on Holy Tuesday, and invites us to a risk-taking faith that changes eternity.

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0:00.0

This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians.

0:07.8

To receive the Daily article directly to your email inbox each weekday morning, visit thedailyarticle.com.

0:14.7

Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

0:19.5

Many of us are praying for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to recover from COVID-19

0:25.6

after he was moved to intensive care yesterday.

0:28.6

As of this morning, he is not yet on a ventilator, but is receiving oxygen support.

0:33.6

Meanwhile, the biggest, brightest supermoon of 2020 is rising tonight.

0:38.3

April's full moon is a super moon, meaning that it is full while also in Paragy, its closest

0:45.3

approach to us.

0:46.3

During the supermoon, the moon is about 14% larger and 30% brighter than a normal full moon. The April full moon is called the pink moon because it coincides with the blooming of the pink moss wildflower.

1:01.0

The best time to view it will be tonight after the sun goes down.

1:06.0

On Holy Tuesday, Jesus returns to the now-cleased temple to teach the people.

1:13.9

His enemies cannot find a way to arrest him due to his popularity,

1:18.0

so they try to lure him into committing blasphemy and defaming himself before the crowds.

1:23.5

Among their attempts is this question asked by a lawyer in Matthew 22.

1:28.4

Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?

1:32.2

If Jesus names one of their 613 laws, they will accuse him of rejecting the others.

1:38.6

Our Lord replies,

1:40.2

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.

1:46.4

This is the great and first commandment, and a second is like it.

1:50.9

You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

1:53.6

On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.

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