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The Great Gathering: When Jesus Brings Everyone Home
Anyone who is not with Me is against Me, and anyone who does not gather with Me scatters. (Matthew 12:30) To me, one of the most interesting things about Jesus’s confrontations with the Pharisees is the light they shed on his true mission. Because the Pharisees and other leaders judged Jesus on their idea of…
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The Time for Choosing Sides: Jesus and the Clash of Kingdoms
Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and unable to speak was brought to Him. He healed him, so that the man could both speak and see. And all the crowds were astounded and said, “Perhaps this is the Son of David!” When the Pharisees heard this, they said, “The man drives out demons only…
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Eternal Horizons: How Jesus’s Mission Required Him to Trust the Father, and How We Must Do the Same (Jesus the Servant, Pt 2)
Hey everyone: My new book is out! You can pick up The Way of Restoration: Following Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount at Amazon or your favorite retailer, in ebook, paperback, and hardcover editions. And with that, I am resuming new writing on the blog. Thank you for your prayers and support, especially those…
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The Tragedy of the Pharisees: How Good People Become Enemies of God (Repost)
(Hey everyone! I am working hard getting the Sermon on the Mount book out. It is titled “The Way of Restoration: Following Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount”. In the meantime, I am reposting one of the posts in the series for you. Enjoy the sneak peak of the book to come!) When the…
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Living in the Public Eye: How Jesus Related to the Masses and Why We Can’t Remain in the Crowd (Repost)
(Hey everyone! I am working hard getting the Sermon on the Mount book out. It is titled “The Way of Restoration: Following Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount”. In the meantime, I am reposting one of the posts in the series for you. Enjoy the sneak peak of the book to come!) When Jesus…
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Blessed Are the Spiritually Impoverished, for the Kingdom of Heaven Is Theirs (Repost)
Note from Rachel: This is a repost from my series on the Sermon on the Mount, soon to be included in my upcoming book. The first blessing Jesus gives in the Beatitudes makes no sense at all. Poverty is not a “happy” state (makarios, the Greek word for “blessed,” is also translated “happy”). To be…
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The Shadow Life of Moses and How We Know We Can Trust the Storyteller (Repost)
Note from Rachel: This is a repost from my series on the Sermon on the Mount, soon to be included in my upcoming book. We are living in some crazy days, but this post reminded me that God’s got it — it’s all part of the Story. When Moses declared some fourteen hundred years before…
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The Waste of Worry, and What to Do Instead (Repost)
Note from Rachel: This is a repost from my series on the Sermon on the Mount, soon to be included in my upcoming (and still untitled) book about the same. As I worked my way through revisions, I was struck by how pertinent Jesus’s message about worry is during our present moment in history. I…
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The Surprising Humility of the Hidden God (Jesus the Servant, Pt 1)
But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus. Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill. He warned them not to tell others about him. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “Here is my…
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