Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Drew Downs

  • In the Mix

    In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus invites us to see how they are already blessed by God to be the way the kin-dom comes into the world.

  • Honor

    In giving Rush Limbaugh the Medal of Freedom, President Trump seeks to redefine honor and freedom from the American people.

  • We have a way of mistaking the fame of Jesus in the gospels for something mundane. Rather than what it is: a reflection of the mission.

  • In Matthew 4, we see how Jesus redefines discipleship in light of power and the greatest threat to all of humanity: the desire for supremacy.

  • In chapter 4 of Matthew, we get two stories: the temptation of Jesus and the calling of the disciples. We ought to read them together.

  • In John 1:29-42, we have an alternative call story–one that opens up the possibility that Jesus came to offer different leadership.