flake-utils doesn't use nixpkgs as input.

content/bible_journal/luke_10:25-37.md

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+title = "Luke 10:25–37"
+date = "2022-12-07"
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+
+### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk10.25-37)
+
+In this familiar story, an expert of the Law of Moses decides to test Jesus by
+posing an important question. "What shall I do to inherit eternal life?" (_v.
+25_) Jesus responds by asking the lawyer to answer his own question, which he
+does. And then Luke tells us that the lawer wanted to justify himself, he asks,
+"Who is my neighbor?" (_v. 29_) This is a case of someone knowing what is the
+right thing to do, but not willing to do it, not completely.
+
+Jesus exposes his hypocrisy by telling a story of a man who is robbed on the
+road to Jericho. Both a priest and a Levite, respected members of the
+community, see the man lying on the side of the road, but pass by and do not
+help him. In their defense, they may have thought the man was dead and didnt
+want to become unclean by touching a corpse. However, we have learned that God
+is less concerned about ritual cleanliness than about kindness and mercy. Now,
+by this point the audience would be expecting to hear what a lay Israelite
+would do with this poor man, but Jesus throws a massive curveball by
+introducing a Samaritan. Samaritans and Jews did not like each other in the
+first century. To hear that this Samaritan would show the robbery victim such
+extravagant kindness would be even more astonishing to the Jews in Jesus's day.
+
+So, which of the three characters was a neighbor to the man? The answer is
+obvious, and you can hear the reluctance in the voice of the lawyer when he
+answers. Then Jesus pins him down by telling him to go and live his life in the
+same way: loving your neighbor extravagantly, even when they aren't part of
+your in-group, even when it's inconvenient, even if you are effectively in
+hostile territory. Beloved, this is simple to understand, but oh so hard to do.
+Even if you are thinking, "I've done heroic things, and helped people out of
+real trouble. I'm good!" I would challenge you to not to look only at your
+successes, but at all the times you failed too. No one is consistent with this
+kind of radical love, every moment of every day, with every single person they
+come upon.
+
+* * *
+
+Help us to love everyone around us with the same love You have showed us.

content/bible_journal/luke_10:38-42.md

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+title = "Luke 10:38–42"
+date = "2022-12-08"
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+### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk10.38-42)
+
+Luke doesn't tell us this, but Mary and Martha were the sisters of Lazarus of
+Bethany, who was raised from the dead by Jesus. Bethany was about two miles
+outside of Jerusalem, and it seems likely that Jesus stayed with this family
+often while He was in the area. Because the text says "Martha welcomed Him into
+her house", this is probably the first time Jesus has visited.
+
+We see two different responses from the sisters. Mary sits under Jesus's
+teaching and Martha is busy trying to be a good hostess. We can't know exactly
+how many of Jesus's disciples were there at the house at the time, but likely
+more than a few, so it is reasonable&emdash;even commendable&emdash;for Martha
+to want them to be comfortable and cared for at her house. Let's not take this
+story to mean we shouldn't be hospitable.
+
+But Luke tells us that Martha is "distracted" with her efforts and tries to get
+Jesus to tell her sister to help with her work. Jesus gives her a gentle rebuke
+by telling her that she is trying to do too much, and what Mary has chosen to
+do is a better use of her time. Food is good and necessary, but you only eat it
+the once, and it's gone. Truths we learn from studying God's Word last forever.
+
+This sounds a lot like the lesson my wife and I learned over Thanksgiving this
+year. In the weeks leading up to it, our family was hit with a stomach virus.
+Each of us got it, one after another, and while the first day was the worst,
+recovery was slow and it took several days before we felt normal and able to do
+as much as we'd like. It was also the plan that we host Thanksgiving at our
+house, as in every year. There were turkeys to smoke, clutter to put away,
+floors to clean, tables and chairs to set up, and not enough time and energy to
+get it all done. So we didn't. Not all of it, anyway. We were very close to
+cancelling as I still didn't feel 100% better on Wednesday, but we realized
+that being with family was more important than not letting them see an
+imperfectly kept house. And God was gracious to us because the turkey and
+everything was delicious, we enjoyed each other's company, and we all were
+thankful for what the Lord has done for us.
+
+* * *
+
+Let us keep the main thing the main thing, with our eyes focused on You and on
+eternal things that cannot be taken away from us.

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     inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-22.05";
     inputs.flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
-    inputs.flake-utils.inputs.nxipkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     inputs.hermit-zola = { url = "github:VersBinarii/hermit_zola"; flake = false; };
 
     outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils, hermit-zola }: