by Robert Gladstone | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorised
Jesus’ call is not just to come to him. It is also to learn from him. The essence of discipleship is learning the ways of the Master, then walking in those ways. In fact, this passage is like an early forecast of the...
by Robert Gladstone | Jan 25, 2016 | Uncategorised
Jesus’ call to come to him and find rest issues from the tradition of these prophets (quoted in the previous blog). But there is one major difference. The prophets called people to the Lord who was speaking through them. Jesus calls people...
by Robert Gladstone | Jan 25, 2016 | Uncategorised
“Come to… ME.” When the prophets called for wayward Israel to turn away from her sin and idolatry, it was always in terms of returning to God himself. Breaking covenant with him was the real crime. Repairing that covenant was real repentance. So here...
by Robert Gladstone | Jan 23, 2016 | Uncategorised
When Jesus calls the exhausted and overloaded to himself, he is inviting us to rest inside his sanctuary of meekness. But there’s more to his invitation than finding a respite from chaos. Jesus is calling us, not just to shelter us, but...
by Robert Gladstone | Jan 22, 2016 | Uncategorised
Our last episode ended with the question, “So if the Model of Meekness could shift into a mode of such strong, incendiary actions and words, what then is meekness?” Now for the answer. True meekness is that condition of character that has absolutely no agenda,...
