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The encounter between John the Baptist’s followers and Jesus is instructive for us, helping relieve our own insecurities about faith.
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Jesus challenges the people’s expectations of power and our ways of confronting it. That our expectations don’t match our reality.
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The prophetic voices of Isaiah and John the Baptist reveal the limits of our obsession with power against the boundless purifying love of Jesus.
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Most of our public discussions about regulations exist to erase them, rather than understand that they aren’t what’s in the way of progress.
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John the Baptist responds to the Pharisees and Sadducees with an incredulity we must notice. That it isn’t about defensiveness, but justice.
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We have a variety of things we prioritize in our decision making. What the gospel focuses on is not utility, but a righteous present.
Make a New Normal
