Discipleship and the cost of following Jesus
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Being a Christian in the United States is super easy. We have churches on every corner and it is the dominant religion by far.
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Being a Christian in the United States is super easy. We have churches on every corner and it is the dominant religion by far.
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In the Transfiguration, Jesus’s change frightens the disciples because the spectacle itself marks a change in their reality.
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What do we give up when we let evil speak? When we let evil be the only voice? Aren’t we trying to do good in this world?
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In Jesus’s visit to Capernaum, we are confronted with our own stuff about the world. But the context offers us a different look at things.
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A recurring theme in the gospels is that people are astounded and amazed by Jesus. How many Christians actually are?
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This week’s gospel can be read shallow or deep. But if we go deeper, will we like what we find? About Jesus or ourselves?
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So many Christians want to pretend like being a Christian is normal or that Jesus himself is normal, but his works amaze and frighten.
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We often approach baptism like an institution obsessed only with our own rules rather than as reflecting the dream of God.