Jesus isn't holding anything back - he's letting the crowd know what it's going to cost to actually follow him. I appreciate that about Jesus - let's get all the cards on the table!

We're going to spend a lot of time asking some questions, and these questions aren't necessarily going to be easy to answer. That's okay.

Here are the questions that will help us get at the heart of the "cost of discipleship."

1) Who is my "we"? How narrow or wide is the circle that includes "my people"? Are we willing to risk a "we" that goes beyond race, religion, gender, sexuality, politics, etc?

2) What do I think is mine? What do we hold on to more tightly than the divine?

3) What are we willing to hate? In other words, what are we willing to let go - to move beyond? Beliefs? Traditions? What source of safety and security do we trust more than the divine?

4) What version of the faith are we selling? The easy kind? Or the kind that has only one non-negotiable? Self sacrificing, self giving love?

Speaker: Aaron Vis

Scripture: Luke 14:25-35

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