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As Jesus turns towards Jerusalem to pick a fight with the Roman and religious leaders, he begins, not by marching straight to Jerusalem, but by building out a ground game to establish anticipation. This is something I never really saw in Luke 10 until this week.

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Luke 9:51 provides a profound narrative shift in the Gospel According to Luke: “As the time drew near for him to ascend to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.” But Jesus’ resolute direction is not the only change. From this point on, Jesus invites everyone he encounters to experience a narrative shift of their own.

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What does it mean to faithfully follow Jesus? I would argue that, for most of us, it means you don’t follow Jesus.

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Que the guitar rift, bring on the base, and hear those words drip from Mick Jagger’s lips, “I can’t get no, satisfaction.”

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If I want to get to know someone, there is no more important question I can think of than, “What is your God like?” I do not care if their understanding of God comes from the Bible, the Koran, or some other sacred text. Nor do I care whether or not they believe in a personified being that they call God or if they embrace something more nebulous like “The Universe.” The same is true if their conception of God originated as part of a Twelve Step group so it is, “the God of your understanding.” Wherever they get their idea of God from, the question that reveals the most about who they are as a person is, “What is your God like?”

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When reading the Bible in snippets, it is really easy to miss the point, like thinking just because someone is healed that they are also made whole.

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