"Blind Bartimaeus" w/ The Very Rev. Andrew McGowan | Mark 10:46-52 | Episode 173
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The Very Rev. Andrew McGowan, Dean and President of Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University, joins "Rev'd Up for Sunday". This week's Gospel lesson brings up themes of faith and spiritual blindness. Peter Walsh, Elizabeth Garnsey, John Kennedy, and Dean McGowan take a closer look at just what Bartimaeus, the blind beggar, saw in Jesus and what this lesson reveals about his identity as the Messiah. Plus, listen to Dean McGowan reflect on what insights he has gained from reading Mark's...
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