Here’s a fun reading of Jesus’ parable about someone trying to hide their leaven in three bucket-sized flour containers.
Apparently, the kingdom of heaven is like leaven a woman took and hid in three buckets of flour — until the whole lot fermented! (Matthew 13:33) What’s that about?
Jesus believed the kingdom of God was rising. You can try to punch it down, but once the leaven is in the dough it only rises more. Jesus expected God’s reign to permeate everything, the whole lot.
The parable’s core meaning is clear, but the details are puzzling:
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Are you ready for this?
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Given 2000 years since Jesus, is there anything we could learn from Jamie Anderson’s picture of the church?
Humour: it’s so easy to get the future wrong.
We all have some misunderstandings about how the story of God restoring his world will come together in the end.
Hopefully we don’t err at so many points that we miss the point completely. 🙂 Continue reading “Where’s it all headed?”
How should we feel about having this car parked at our church? Continue reading “Pleased or disturbed?”
Seen in a movie theatre in Perth, Western Australia. 🙂 Continue reading “Calvinist sign?”
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