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Live. Die. Live.
Like Peter, we think protecting the Messiah is a good thing. The right thing. Instead, Jesus tells us all to face death.
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Messianic virtue
Jesus rejects Peter’s protection; not because it is wrong, but because it itself is a rejection of true messianic virtue.
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Virtuous and Wrong — For Proper 17A
This week, we are reminded of the challenge of speaking up—that our certainty can make us wrong.
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Getting behind the hard-working Jesus
Few passages set in relief how our relationship to Jesus is influenced by our own behavior—and values.
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Beyond the Right Answer
Peter mistakes Jesus’s talk about who he is as a question of identity. But Jesus is always talking about relationship.