discipleship – Drew Downs

Love and Labor—Family and Other Obstacles to Grace

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9 min read

In one of the Bible’s most misunderstood passages, Jesus invites his followers to look beyond the family to our common purpose.

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8 min read

Jesus sends the disciples out into the world with nothing to wear or eat so that they would receive hospitality as much as they offer it.

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3 min read

Jesus sends his disciples out to do the things he does, which, at this point is stuff that has been blowing their ever-loving minds.

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3 min read

The vision Jesus offers the disciples, of seeing themselves as laborers in the fields is one we hear with baggage and sincere hope.

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2 min read

Returning to an earlier point in the gospel of Matthew, we are invited to a moment in which Jesus is doing one radical act after another.

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3 min read

Jesus pushes back at the impulse to focus our attention on one another, to the people who are good, while forgetting our love for everyone else.