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Are We Willing?
As Jesus describes Jerusalem’s unwillingness to be gathered by him, we must confront our own fear of being gathered.
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Our Temptation
The devil tempts Jesus in the wilderness with power. The question is what power are we tempted to claim for ourselves?
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Buried Treasure
Our hearts don’t just follow our treasure. They’re linked. Which means the gospel demands we love and share with others.
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Not the Mountain
The story of our failure reveals the opportunity for connection: that the point is not to seek the mountain, but each other.
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The one way Christians reject Jesus
We try to follow almost everything. Except this. We really don’t want to listen to how Jesus wants us to love.
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Two Kingdoms – The challenge at the heart of Jesus’s sermon on the plain
In the blessings and woes, Jesus challenges us to see things in a different way: to write a different ending to the story.
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Two Boatloads Too Many
Jesus calls Peter to follow him in a stunning moment of abundance. One that’s likely to frighten us by its implications.
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To Love Bravely
We avoid the truth to protect each other. What we’re actually protecting is dishonesty and the enemies of love.