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Pure and good—for Proper 17B
How Jesus speaks to his interlocutors in this gospel can be troubling or exciting, but our focus must be what he is teaching his followers.
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On purity and getting the wrong idea
Evangelical purity culture promises an alternative world view without challenging our assumptions. Jesus goes after those very assumptions
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Between Proper 16 + 17 (Year B)
What were we up to before we spent all that time in a a different gospel? Here’s a recap of what we may have forgotten and where we’re going.
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Preaching a deeper, more connected faith
For most US Christians, John 6:56-69 is convicting us of our own passions, desires, and expectations for what faith is supposed to be.
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How Jesus Saves—for Proper 16B
In the Bread of Life Discourse, Jesus offers a challenging word that winnows his followers. What does this tell us about ourselves?
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On the challenge (and hope) in following Jesus
It isn’t easy to follow Jesus. He pushes his followers away when they are focused on their own stuff. How do we embrace the challenge?
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Between Proper 15 + 16 (Year B)
The ongoing themes in John 6 are easy to miss when we focus on the image Jesus offers of the bread of life. Here’s what we might miss.
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Unlocking the bigger picture
There’s a paradox in understanding other people—to being open to hear them and in their words not telling the whole story to us.