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God, Self & Other – Luke 08: The Enduring (Un)Popularity of Prophets

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Map of Galilee
For those who love a little geography, here is the map of Galilee I referenced.

Why did Jesus provoke such rage in his religious contemporaries? And why do we still often bristle ourselves at his words?

While we imagine that one who brings God’s word of salvation would be warmly welcomed – at least by us! Yet history and the human condition reveal that we often “can’t handle the truth” – even when the truth is love…

In this episode we look at both the lonely work of a genuine prophet and the heart that struggles to accept what God has to say.

 

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God, Self & Other – Luke 07: The Temptation to Other Loves (Jesus in the Wilderness)

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Growth in love requires us to step into the unknown, to take the path of risk and dependence upon God. In this episode we look at Jesus’s 40-day journey into the wilderness. It is there he faces the temptation to other, easier “loves” (what are – in reality – false loves).  And it is there he takes the necessary, definitive steps of obedience and trust.

 

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God, Self & Other – Luke 06: Love, Repentance and John the Baptist

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An enigmatic figure in his day and in ours! In this episode we examine the ministry of John the Baptist – a prophet in the style of Elijah who came preaching both warning and welcome as preparation for the coming of Jesus.

In particular, we’ll interpret John in light of his contemporaries and how his message would have been understood as a dramatic departure from those of the major sects of 1st century Judaism (the Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes and Zeaolts).

We’ll discover a man dedicated to God and his project of salvation/Shalom, one willing to confront our human ambivalence to true love, yet offering hope and the promise of grace to come.

 

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