Passion Prediction
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Between the predictions of the Passion, Jesus confronts a moment of failure for the disciples, helping us see our lack of focus.
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In Jesus’s first passion prediction, we encounter the language of Messiah and cross-carrying, which we need some untangling.
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James and John expose how confusing the way of love is. They ignore the teaching, but so do the other disciples.
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Jesus teaches about God’s dream for creation, even as those closest to him misunderstand. Even as we misunderstand.
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The thing about Jesus’s rebuke of Peter is that we don’t see it coming. But we should. We’re often in Peter’s shoes.
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Peter mistakes Jesus’s talk about who he is as a question of identity. But Jesus is always talking about relationship.