Living Jubilee

Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Today’s Isaiah passage might be familiar to some of you. Jesus read from this part of Isaiah in the synagogue of his hometown, then told all who were listening that this scripture had been fulfilled in their hearing. This particular passage was important enough that Jesus was run out of his hometownContinue reading “Living Jubilee”

Not Fear, but Fearsome Hope.

Luke 3:7-18 This week we finally hear that voice in the wilderness, and his first line is to call all who have come to him, and by extension us, a brood of vipers. It’s definitely not the way we expect to see evangelism happen, but something about his insult-filled preaching and his apocalyptic warnings definitelyContinue reading “Not Fear, but Fearsome Hope.”