Teaser: Jesus evades a trap not only by invoking the blasphemy jingling in his opponents' pockets, but subverting all easy answers to the conundrum of competing loyalties

Key words: bearing Jesus' image / Caesar's image and the poll tax / navigating contested loyalties / dual citizenship / Christians and patriotism / open-ended questions

Theme: When people meet Jesus, he inspires/equips them to make major changes (to align with kingdom values)

Teaser: Things change when Jesus' salvation comes to town

Key words: "Wealthy tree-climber" , "Staying at the home of a sinner" , "Give half, pay back x4"

Key words: grace, self-honesty prized by God above anything, humility, admission of our flaws, the pious role of Pharisees (we need to unlearn that Pharisees are negative, but were God-fearing respecters of Torah, etc.)

discouragement, losing heart, justice, widows, judges, Myrlie Evers

Teaser: "Looking for the exact time frame of God's coming kingdom leads to nowhere...as will ignoring it altogether."

The Rich Man and Lazarus

Keywords: Grace, Great Banquet, Communion

Key words:anticipation, preparation, recognition, declaration, repentance, social justice