In this final part of our “Deconstructing Lent” series, Joe looks at some of the often-misused passages from Matthew 7 and places them within Jesus’ larger context of deconstruction and reconstruction at the end of the Sermon on the Mount.
Read moreIt was so easy to condemn the imperfect and unclean. To protect comfortable traditions, strict legalism, cozy doctrine. Anyone can cling to those things that benefit oneself and exclude those who don’t measure up. Anyone can call others to conform to their self-interest.
Read moreWere we living in the darkness of thinking our nation and our God were the same thing?
Read moreBefore Jesus’ disciples could change the world, he had to help them deconstruct their old worldviews…including their religion.
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Accidental Tomatoes 