Matthew 17:14-21 (Jesus Heals a Lunatic, Part 2; A Perverted Generation)
Recall from our previous discussion on Matthew 16:4 that a “generation” is characterized by certain assumptions and beliefs, and in Biblical usage it is not necessarily to be understood in a temporal, linear sense in the way we think of the generations of “depression-era”, “baby boomers”, “x-ers”, and “millenials”. Remember too that true salvation is…