love
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The first problem is that we cast the Bible as prescriptive. The second is that we cast ourselves with the very same objectification.
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The blessing passes from Abraham to Isaac to Esau to Jacob, and causes so much conflict, we ought to consider it isn’t a reward.
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The challenge of discipleship is that we are called to do hard work. And not because we will be rewarded for it, but because it is good work.
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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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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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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.