Following the Teacher Part 5…Treasure
Were we living in the darkness of thinking our nation and our God were the same thing?
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Hi, I'm Joe. I write blogs, cast pods, and help people who are done with the institutional church find faith outside the fences.
Podcast Episode 11: Deconstructing Lent Part 3
Following the Teacher Part 4…In secret
What the Teacher was saying seemed to sound less like religion and more like relationship.
Read MoreFollowing the Teacher Part 3: You have heard it said…
Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed that a few people had turned and started back down the hillside. Offended, perhaps, at what the Teacher had implied about the Pharisees’ self-righteousness. Or maybe all of it was just too much to take in. None of us had ever heard anyone teach this way […]
Read MorePodcast Episode 10: Deconstructing Lent Part 2
Before Jesus’ disciples could change the world, he had to help them deconstruct their old worldviews…including their religion.
Read MoreFollowing the Teacher Part 2: The Righteousness of the Pharisees
What if our teachings and traditions have missed the mark? What if the Law was about something more than clean and unclean, legal and illegal, in and out? What if fulfilling Torah is not about being right, but about being light?
Read MoreFollowing the Teacher Part 1: Gathering on the Mountainside
All eyes were on the Teacher. It began to feel like we were all breathing as one. Like we had a single shared heartbeat as we focused on his face, waiting for him to speak.
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