Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Luke 16:19-31

  • The Chasms

    In the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, we are given the chance to see, not what is fixed, but what can be changed.

  • The trouble with being trapped is that it almost doesn’t matter if you are. Feeling trapped can blind us to ways out.

  • William Dwight Porter Bliss, Richard Theodore Ely, the pope, and Jesus give us a common vision for a more moral world. William Dwight Porter Bliss and Richard Theodore ElyLuke 16:19–31 I love this teaching from Jesus because it describes the problem so well. The problem being our general confusion about our place in the story.…

  • Unbound Grace

    The parable reveals how blind the rich man is to reality. And in reading it, Jesus hopes we won’t continue to share the same delusion.