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The parable of the sower can feel like perfectionism: Goldilocks meets self-help. It isn’t about making ourselves ideal. It’s about becoming whole.
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Jesus creates distance to amplify and protect. This shouldn’t lead us to think Jesus is playing it safe, but that he has something to say.
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Scripture isn’t just a collection of things people are told to believe. They are narratives with characters and events for us to explore.
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Jesus sounds off on the people who aren’t getting with the program. Is this like our own complaints, or is it something else?
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We have such a high view of wisdom — it seems morally wrong for God to hide the truth from anyone — that maybe we miss the obvious truth.
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The binding of Isaac is a confounding and damning story which exposes the limitations of tradition and the opportunity of true faith.
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