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Who do you say that I am?

Jul 13, 2025    Zach Todd


Is your life built around defense or offense?


2025 LEAP (Learning Early About Peanut allergy) study:

640 high allergy risk infants ages 4-11 months

Half followed standard advice for high-risk children

Half given a snack of peanut butter and puffed corn >3x/wk

When children turned five years, all were tested for allergic reaction to peanuts


LEAP study results:

17% of children who had been protected from peanuts developed a peanut allergy

3% of children who had been regularly exposed to peanuts developed a peanut allergy



Caesarea Philippi:

Temple to Caesar

Temple to Greek god, Pa


Pan:

Half man, half goat

Considered god of the underworld and of fear (i.e. PANic)

In temple was a “bottomless spring” thought to lead to the underworld

Historically, human sacrifices were made here


Church = A body of people called for a specific purpose


The war Jesus is waging is against the gates of Hades–death itself