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As Jesus is warned of his coming execution, he reminds us who is responsible for the executing and why the problem is really on them.
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When Pharisees come to warn Jesus of the king’s plans, we are forced to confront our own sense of what this means and how to feel about it.
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As they come to warn Jesus of Herod’s intentions, Jesus sends them back with a message: he know the king’s murderous intentions.
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Jesus describes Jerusalem as the city that kills its prophets, and it forces us to deal with the brutal nature of national power.
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Exploring the temptation of power and the desire for control, we can see the ways we break community and our common purpose.
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In dealing with temptations of power, we are prone to understate what part control has in our lives, the desire to do what we want.
Make a New Normal
