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Remember the time Jesus didn’t talk about heaven? He didn’t talk much about the subject directly, but I’m referring to the time we all assume He did.
Remember the time Jesus confronted religion? “Which time?” you ask. And you’re right. There were so many times.
Remember the time Jesus offended a man with a glowing CV and a sterling track record for good behaviour?
Remember the time Jesus hung out with that dirty rotten scoundrel and flipped the world upside down?
Remember the time Jesus spoke in a synagogue, and poked the belly of the beast that often lurks under polite niceties and religious smiles?
Remember the time Jesus saw the blind man? Yes, the time we got an inside peep into the prevailing religious mindset of the day.
Remember the time Jesus spoke about the birds and the tree? When Jesus planted the seed of the inclusive nature of the Kingdom of God?
Remember the time Jesus used the word “sinner” to describe recipients of grace rather than labels of condemnation?
Remember the time Jesus dodged the culture wars? How He ingeniously served the marginalised without becoming co-opted by any one faction?
Remember the time Jesus called out self-serving religion and inaugurated a new way of living based on a new love-defined morality?