The events of this past week revealed that we are a nation that is torn, bleeding, and literally at war with one another. Emotions have ran wild, hot heads have rued the day instead of warm hearts, racial prejudices on BOTH sides have blinded folks to the light of the gospel all in the name of righteous indignation, all to the point of murderous violence. Luke tells in the 9th Chpt of his Gospel an event from the life of Jesus in which Jesus' own disciples let emotions run wild, hot heads win out over warm hearts, racial prejudices to blind to the point of threatened violence. Man does it speak VOLUMES to us & to our nation! Jesus is here educating his would-be followers (them, 1st century; us, 21st century) on the demands of the road - lessons on what it takes to effectively follow Jesus. They are fiercely radical, scary almost. We must resist the temptation to tame them, to make them more palatable, to say what WE want and not what the Savior says! As we as a nation look to travel the road now set before us, whether black, white, cop or citizen, we desperately need to learn "The Demands of the Road" from the life of the greatest example of love, grace & forgiveness there ever was - Jesus Christ.
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