Our series of sermons, “Lessons from the Road,” based on Luke 14-19, has followed Jesus as he moved from Galilee to Jerusalem. In today’s scripture, Jesus is in Jerusalem and is already in conflict with the religious leaders. The disciples, in Jerusalem for the first time, are stunned by the magnificence of the Temple, but Jesus warns them that at some point not one stone will be left upon another. He further challenges them to be faithful witnesses, even under the threat of death. What does this mean for us in the US today?