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Luke 18:10
"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector."

Jesus always turns the world upside down. The devout and pious Pharisee is a religious hero of the day. A tax collector is despised. One obviously has God’s ear. One does not. The big surprise is they both have God’s ear but not in the way they think. The tax collector rightfully repents of his sin; the Pharisee does not. Yet, many Pharisees did repent, including, thank God, Paul!

Who is one of your faith “heroes?” Model one thing from their life today.