Drew Downs
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back to the future
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8 min read
In the Sermon on the Plain (Luke 6), Jesus tells us what we hoped we’d never hear: our world is upside down and we’re being called to flip it over.
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Fair Play
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7 min read
You’re never the big winner. That’s Brett. He always wins. You watch as he deals the cards. He must be really good. Relatively speaking though, you’re not half bad. Your pile of chips is modest (it always seems to be). In the end, you’re pretty used to walking away with a little more than you…
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The Deep Water
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9 min read
Jesus calls these specific people. He doesn’t pick the most talented budding theologians. He picks the people who could scale the actual work.
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Seduced by Inequality
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11 min read
It’s important to have empathy, but humanizing the devil doesn’t change his plans.
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Being Racist in America
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6 min read
It’s time we take responsibility for allowing flimsy justifications for racism.
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In the years running up to the Civil War, Congress was acting like a dysfunctional family system. Here’s why knowing that matters.