Transfiguration – Drew Downs

Mountain Talk — Command and Love In a Time of Fear

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9 min read

The story around the Transfiguration helps us better understand what is being said up that mountain — and what it all means for us.

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3 min read

In the Transfiguration, the very voice of God tells them to listen to Jesus — at the very time when they aren’t and will not out of fear and hubris.

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2 min read

To deal with the transfiguration of Jesus, we must deal with the limitations of our vision, of our sense of real, of the world itself.

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8 min read

It is easy, in the midst of confusion to not know who to listen to, so we can stop listening to anybody, including the one we need to hear.

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4 min read

A tension in the Transfiguration event is how Jesus responds afterward — in decrying to the people’s faithlessness.

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2 min read

The Transfiguration is a big, bold event, full of bombast, but present are disciples who are confused and frustrated. Much like we are.