Proper 17A – Drew Downs

Live. Die. Live.

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8 min read

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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4 min read

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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3 min read

This week, we are reminded of the challenge of speaking up—that our certainty can make us wrong.

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1 min read

Few passages set in relief how our relationship to Jesus is influenced by our own behavior—and values.

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4 min read

This week, we have the second half of a story many would prefer to never think are even connected in the least bit.

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7 min read

Peter mistakes Jesus’s talk about who he is as a question of identity. But Jesus is always talking about relationship.