Passau is the last town we visited in Germany. It has a population o f50,000 and is also in Bavaria at the confluence of three rivers: the Danube, the Inn , and the Ilz. St. Stephen's cathedral dominates the skyline and is just one of 52 churches in town. I learned that baroque cathedrals never had stained glass windows so there would be enough light to illumine the paintings -- the primary way to teach the Biblical story to an illiterate people. Do you think my sermons would have been better had I used this pulpit? The door of Jesus knocking was at a house (I think) along the tiny street pictured above it.
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