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Liberated to Love
Christian tradition has a troubled past with purity, making it another thing to adhere to rather than a matter of love and grace.
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Pure and good—for Proper 17B
How Jesus speaks to his interlocutors in this gospel can be troubling or exciting, but our focus must be what he is teaching his followers.
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On purity and getting the wrong idea
Evangelical purity culture promises an alternative world view without challenging our assumptions. Jesus goes after those very assumptions
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Can Jesus defile with his words?
In one of the most controversial passages in the Bible, Jesus insults a woman asking for help. How we see this matters.
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Keeping it 100
When Jesus gathers his disciples for the Passover, Jesus does this one most radical act. No, not the Last Supper or the footwashing. What he does is treat Judas like one of the team. Like he isn’t about the betray him. The message, if we can hear it, is not only get together and eat,…