Gospel

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Or
is God
the God
of Jews
only?
Is He not
the God
of
Gentiles,
also?
[Romans 3:29]
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(Angry glare.)
"There's too much about
JEWS, in here,
LORD!"

[SMILE!]
"Where,
little one?"

"HERE!
Righ HERE!
(Impatient snort!)
Are You SURE,
this guy was
JEWISH?"
(Squint up at ceiling.)
"I thought he
was CATHOLIC?"

[CHUCKLE!]
"Read It
to Me."

"Isn't he,
like, a SAINT,
or SOMETHING?"

[SMILE!]

"YOU know,
JEWS don't have
any SAINTS!"

"Read It to Me."

(Ornery look.)
"Yeah."
(Impatient frown.)
(Flip pages around.)
(Spill some ranch
salad dressing
on page 1123.)
"Well.... ya don't have
to go very FAR:

It is the power
of God
for salvation
to everyone
who has faith;
to the Jew first...
[Romans 1:16]

SEE?"

[PATIENT NOD.]
"See what,
My beloved."

(Yell up at ceiling.)
"Ya KNOW that's
a BAD WORD*!"

[PATIENT GAZE.]
"What,
My precious."

"JEW!
JEW!"
(Impatient frown!)
"In the SINGULAR,
like that!"

[LOVING GAZE.]
[LISTEN TO THE SOUND
OF A COYOTE HOWLING
IN THE TEXAS NIGHT.]

"And, don't PRETEND,
Ya don't know what
I'm TALKIN' about!"

[CALM NOD.]
[WATCH AS THE COYOTE
RUNS ACROSS THE COLD
TEXAS PLAIN, IN SEARCH
OF FOOD.]

"You KNOW that's
a BAD WORD!"
(Yell.)
"It goes back to....
well, at least to
Nazi GERMANY!"

[SILENCE.]
[CARESS THE COLD
FUR OF THE PANTING
COYOTE.]

"Are You LISTENING
to ME?"

[PATIENT NOD.]
"Yes, My precious."
[NOD.]
[WATCH THE EARTH
AS IT SPINS ON
ITS AXIS.]

(Grimmace!)
"You KNOW that's
a bad WORD!"
(Shake of the scruffy head.)
"Nobody JEWISH
is gonna wanna
READ this stuff!
What were You
THINKING of?"

[TENDER VOICE.]
"You,
My beloved;
you."
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For there is
no distinction
between
Jew
and Greek;
the same Lord
is Lord
of all.
[Romans 10:12]

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*(Author's note: growing
up in a Jewish neighborhood,
after World War II,
I learned was that the word
'Jew' was a bad word. I
think it had something to
do with the Jews having
to wear a patch, in
Nazi Germany, which
said 'Jew' in German.
I just knew that we never
said the word 'Jew',
in the singular. It
was like saying a curse
word.)

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In memory:
to Mom and Dad.

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