Drew Downs
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The Righteous Among the Nations
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6 min read
Remembering those who stood against evil and saved thousands of lives in the Holocaust is essential to saving lives today. “The Righteous Gentiles”John 19:10-15 I recently took a short course on the German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer is most known for his challenging view of Christian discipleship and for his participation in the plot to…
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It’s about change
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8 min read
In telling a parable about seeds and soil, Jesus invites us to transform our vision of the world from permanent division to open possibility.
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Revealed to Us
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6 min read
Apocalyptic scripture gives us a window into an alternate vision of reality – not in destruction, but in revealing ours as the wrong path. apocalypse and the language of changeMatthew 24:1-14 What do we do with this? Jesus gets apocalyptic in this reading. In ancient Hebrew communities, the apocalyptic was a literary form—it’s like reading…
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An odd idea of rest
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7 min read
Jesus offers us rest – through transformation. Rest from the swirling chaos, confusion, and dissatisfaction with a simple idea: change it.
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Listening within the chaos
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8 min read
What does it really mean that Jesus comes with a sword to bring division? We first need to realize we’re looking at our own world wrong.