Drew Downs, Writing with Hope – Make a New Normal

Temptation and the Need for Discipline

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We have a tortured view of discipline in the United States. One that is shamefully unChristian. But, like us, it can be changed.

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The story around the Transfiguration helps us better understand what is being said up that mountain — and what it all means for us.

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In the Transfiguration, the very voice of God tells them to listen to Jesus — at the very time when they aren’t and will not out of fear and hubris.

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To deal with the transfiguration of Jesus, we must deal with the limitations of our vision, of our sense of real, of the world itself.

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In describing the path before them, Jesus offers metaphors of salt and light to inspire us, but the least we can do is not be total jerks.

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As Jesus continues preaching the sermon on the mount, modern readers need to remember the wider context of our greater calling.