Our final verses for this week continue in the same vein regarding status. John asks Jesus about someone they saw casting out demons in Jesus’s name who they didn’t recognize as part of the group (v. 49). Here the disciples seem to be emulating the wild world of teen girlhood. Like this scene from Mean Girls, when Regina is kicked out of the table group for wearing sweatpants on a Monday, the disciples were eager to keep the circle closed to protect their status. (If playing the clip, it is b...
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