by Brendan Wickstrom | Jul 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
About today’s story, Robert Capon says, “The point is that none of the people who had a right to be at a proper party came, and that all the people who came had no right whatsoever to be there…Grace as portrayed here works only on the untouchable, the unpardonable,...
by Brendan Wickstrom | Jul 6, 2023 | Hermeneutics, The Cross/Gospel
Many of our intuitions around what it looks like to read the Bible often steer toward “how to” — that is, what does God want me to do. But here in Luke’s gospel, Jesus begins to lay his cards down the table for how he interprets the Scriptures....
by Brendan Wickstrom | Jun 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
You can always come home no matter what.” My wife, Jill, and I have repeated that phrase countless times to our boys. Why? Because we make mistakes. These mistakes can lead to guilt and shame. And pretty soon we start to believe sin and shame’s lies. This week we hear...
by Brendan Wickstrom | Jun 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Given the times we live in, it’s so easy to think we know best. This can, occasionally, include knowing best how God should be doing his job. The people of Jesus’s day had this too. They had expectations for how promised rescuer (the Messiah) should act. And Jesus...
by Brendan Wickstrom | Jun 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Burnout is largely the result of humanity’s complicated (even religious!) relationship with work, which is one of many reasons God required the Israelites to cease from all labor for one day a week in the Old Testament. Jesus uncovers the deeper mystery behind...
