•Luke 24:36-49•peace = love = flourishing = equality = embrace = friendship = forgiveness = a new reality = grace = life•Love is an emotional connection that is rooted in trust, commitment and vulnerability. Love is not passive. Love is not the absence of strife. Love is not just tolerance. Love is a verb – its active. To love someone we have to go out of our way for them. We have to embrace them – not simply be ok with their presence – but love is embrace. •“It doesn’t matter how much you love your kids. What matters is communicating that love in a way that they can understand and feel that love.” The same with everyone else Your friends Your family Your neighbors The city The world The churchEveryone longs for love. To be accepted To be embraced To be fought for To be invited to dinner To have a place To laugh together To cry together To share together•“Evangelism for the next great awakening is going to have to be more about discipling people into a new kind of (social) relationship than about creating a “born again” experience.” John Perkins The new creation begun on Easter inaugurated a Kingdom born in the way a people live together out of the forgiveness, reconciliation and renewal of all things made possible in the cross and the resurrection of the Messiah•God, help me to be a witness to your love and peace. Please empower TCC to be a community of radical love and peace for each other, our neighbors, our city and our world. Please allow us, as a church, to show and proclaim Your love and peace to so many. Open doors for us to do so. Refine us to be witnesses to this. And may you always be glorified through everything we do.

•Luke 24:36-49•peace = love = flourishing = equality = embrace = friendship = forgiveness = a new reality = grace = life•Love is an emotional connection that is rooted in trust, commitment and vulnerability. Love is not passive. Love is not the absence of strife. Love is not just tolerance. Love is a verb – its active. To love someone we have to go out of our way for them. We have to embrace them – not simply be ok with their presence – but love is embrace. •“It doesn’t matter how much you love your kids. What matters is communicating that love in a way that they can understand and feel that love.” The same with everyone else Your friends Your family Your neighbors The city The world The churchEveryone longs for love. To be accepted To be embraced To be fought for To be invited to dinner To have a place To laugh together To cry together To share together•“Evangelism for the next great awakening is going to have to be more about discipling people into a new kind of (social) relationship than about creating a “born again” experience.” John Perkins The new creation begun on Easter inaugurated a Kingdom born in the way a people live together out of the forgiveness, reconciliation and renewal of all things made possible in the cross and the resurrection of the Messiah•God, help me to be a witness to your love and peace. Please empower TCC to be a community of radical love and peace for each other, our neighbors, our city and our world. Please allow us, as a church, to show and proclaim Your love and peace to so many. Open doors for us to do so. Refine us to be witnesses to this. And may you always be glorified through everything we do.

•Creator of the universe,•Luke 23:44-24:12•A forgiveness-centered view of the cross saves us from a pathological anxiety about God which is so detrimental to the soul. We can now understand that the monster god is our own creation — a monster born of our projected issues of anxiety, anger, and shame. We are the Dr. Frankenstein who created the monster god. The image of a terrifying god is created in the hearts of anxious people. The image of a raging god is born in the hearts of angry people. The image of a condemning god is created in the hearts of ashamed people. Because we are such anxious, angry, and ashamed people, we imagine horrors where we should be seeing salvation. If we persist in looking at the cross through the distorted lens of fear, anger, and shame, we will imagine that the cross is what God does in order to forgive, instead of perceiving the cross as what God endures as he forgives. Jesus’ entire life was a demonstration of the true nature of God. As Jesus heals the sick, forgives the sinner, receives the outcast, restores the fallen, and supremely as he dies on a cross forgiving his killers, he reveals what God is like. To see Jesus is to see the Father. At last we know that God is not like the thunderbolt-hurling Zeus or any of the other angry gods in the pantheon of terrorized religious imagination. God is like Jesus, nailed to a tree, offering forgiveness.–Brian Zahnd•Colossians 2:13-15

•Creator of the universe,•Luke 23:44-24:12•A forgiveness-centered view of the cross saves us from a pathological anxiety about God which is so detrimental to the soul. We can now understand that the monster god is our own creation — a monster born of our projected issues of anxiety, anger, and shame. We are the Dr. Frankenstein who created the monster god. The image of a terrifying god is created in the hearts of anxious people. The image of a raging god is born in the hearts of angry people. The image of a condemning god is created in the hearts of ashamed people. Because we are such anxious, angry, and ashamed people, we imagine horrors where we should be seeing salvation. If we persist in looking at the cross through the distorted lens of fear, anger, and shame, we will imagine that the cross is what God does in order to forgive, instead of perceiving the cross as what God endures as he forgives. Jesus’ entire life was a demonstration of the true nature of God. As Jesus heals the sick, forgives the sinner, receives the outcast, restores the fallen, and supremely as he dies on a cross forgiving his killers, he reveals what God is like. To see Jesus is to see the Father. At last we know that God is not like the thunderbolt-hurling Zeus or any of the other angry gods in the pantheon of terrorized religious imagination. God is like Jesus, nailed to a tree, offering forgiveness.–Brian Zahnd•Colossians 2:13-15

•Creator of the universe,•Luke 23:44-24:12•A forgiveness-centered view of the cross saves us from a pathological anxiety about God which is so detrimental to the soul. We can now understand that the monster god is our own creation — a monster born of our projected issues of anxiety, anger, and shame. We are the Dr. Frankenstein who created the monster god. The image of a terrifying god is created in the hearts of anxious people. The image of a raging god is born in the hearts of angry people. The image of a condemning god is created in the hearts of ashamed people. Because we are such anxious, angry, and ashamed people, we imagine horrors where we should be seeing salvation. If we persist in looking at the cross through the distorted lens of fear, anger, and shame, we will imagine that the cross is what God does in order to forgive, instead of perceiving the cross as what God endures as he forgives. Jesus’ entire life was a demonstration of the true nature of God. As Jesus heals the sick, forgives the sinner, receives the outcast, restores the fallen, and supremely as he dies on a cross forgiving his killers, he reveals what God is like. To see Jesus is to see the Father. At last we know that God is not like the thunderbolt-hurling Zeus or any of the other angry gods in the pantheon of terrorized religious imagination. God is like Jesus, nailed to a tree, offering forgiveness.–Brian Zahnd•Colossians 2:13-15

•Creator of the universe,•Luke 23:44-24:12•A forgiveness-centered view of the cross saves us from a pathological anxiety about God which is so detrimental to the soul. We can now understand that the monster god is our own creation — a monster born of our projected issues of anxiety, anger, and shame. We are the Dr. Frankenstein who created the monster god. The image of a terrifying god is created in the hearts of anxious people. The image of a raging god is born in the hearts of angry people. The image of a condemning god is created in the hearts of ashamed people. Because we are such anxious, angry, and ashamed people, we imagine horrors where we should be seeing salvation. If we persist in looking at the cross through the distorted lens of fear, anger, and shame, we will imagine that the cross is what God does in order to forgive, instead of perceiving the cross as what God endures as he forgives. Jesus’ entire life was a demonstration of the true nature of God. As Jesus heals the sick, forgives the sinner, receives the outcast, restores the fallen, and supremely as he dies on a cross forgiving his killers, he reveals what God is like. To see Jesus is to see the Father. At last we know that God is not like the thunderbolt-hurling Zeus or any of the other angry gods in the pantheon of terrorized religious imagination. God is like Jesus, nailed to a tree, offering forgiveness.–Brian Zahnd•Colossians 2:13-15

•What does it mean to be spiritual?1.The lifelong journey, that begins in an initial surrender, of learning to live under the Lordship of Jesus that challenges our assumptions, re-creates our worldview, rehabilitates our false narratives and always compels us to embrace surrender. 2.Intentional Relationships of Reconciliation – with intent, seek to enter into covenant relationships of mutual reciprocity (mutual giving and mutual receiving) with people who are different from you. Remember, different is good. 3.Participate in and partner in God’s missional activity of compassion and justice in the world – come alongside neighborhoods and individuals where God is at work to do life with and among them so that we both may experience healing and wholeness. 4.Endeavor to live a contemplative lifestyle of simplicity, prayer, worship, study, reading, giving…using an emotionally healthy model of spiritual disciplines and practices that encourage intimacy with God and reveal dehumanizing narratives such as anxiety, alienation and addiction. •Luke 19:41-42•“Peace” in Luke has no connection to harmony with the Roman Empire or with the temple leadership, nor does it refer to subjective or individualistic tranquility. Peace, rather, is a soteriological (salvation) term – shalom, peace and justice, the gift of God that embraces salvation for all in all of its social, material and spiritual realities.” – Joel Green •And where does Jesus set his sights? Yes, to the Temple. In fact, this whole next section is about the temple. •The parable of the tenants•Paying taxes to Ceasar•Resurrection and Marriage•Warning against the teachers of the law•The widow’s offering•The destruction of the temple and the signs of the end timesAll about the Temple and its leadership. Jesus is bringing judgment upon it.•Luke 19:45-47•Isaiah 56:7-8•Luke 21:5-10•“The best way to understand this passage in Luke is then to see it as the promise that, when the Jerusalem that had opposed his message is finally overthrown, this will be the vindication of Jesus and his people, the sign that he has indeed been enthroned at his Father’s side in heaven. Luke does, of course, believe in the ‘second coming’ of Jesus, but this passage is not about that. It is about the vindication of Jesus and the rescue of his people from the system that has oppressed them.” -NT Wright•Isaiah 52:7

•What does it mean to be spiritual?1.The lifelong journey, that begins in an initial surrender, of learning to live under the Lordship of Jesus that challenges our assumptions, re-creates our worldview, rehabilitates our false narratives and always compels us to embrace surrender. 2.Intentional Relationships of Reconciliation – with intent, seek to enter into covenant relationships of mutual reciprocity (mutual giving and mutual receiving) with people who are different from you. Remember, different is good. 3.Participate in and partner in God’s missional activity of compassion and justice in the world – come alongside neighborhoods and individuals where God is at work to do life with and among them so that we both may experience healing and wholeness. 4.Endeavor to live a contemplative lifestyle of simplicity, prayer, worship, study, reading, giving…using an emotionally healthy model of spiritual disciplines and practices that encourage intimacy with God and reveal dehumanizing narratives such as anxiety, alienation and addiction. •Luke 19:41-42•“Peace” in Luke has no connection to harmony with the Roman Empire or with the temple leadership, nor does it refer to subjective or individualistic tranquility. Peace, rather, is a soteriological (salvation) term – shalom, peace and justice, the gift of God that embraces salvation for all in all of its social, material and spiritual realities.” – Joel Green •And where does Jesus set his sights? Yes, to the Temple. In fact, this whole next section is about the temple. •The parable of the tenants•Paying taxes to Ceasar•Resurrection and Marriage•Warning against the teachers of the law•The widow’s offering•The destruction of the temple and the signs of the end timesAll about the Temple and its leadership. Jesus is bringing judgment upon it.•Luke 19:45-47•Isaiah 56:7-8•Luke 21:5-10•“The best way to understand this passage in Luke is then to see it as the promise that, when the Jerusalem that had opposed his message is finally overthrown, this will be the vindication of Jesus and his people, the sign that he has indeed been enthroned at his Father’s side in heaven. Luke does, of course, believe in the ‘second coming’ of Jesus, but this passage is not about that. It is about the vindication of Jesus and the rescue of his people from the system that has oppressed them.” -NT Wright•Isaiah 52:7

•What does it mean to be spiritual?1.The lifelong journey, that begins in an initial surrender, of learning to live under the Lordship of Jesus that challenges our assumptions, re-creates our worldview, rehabilitates our false narratives and always compels us to embrace surrender. 2.Intentional Relationships of Reconciliation – with intent, seek to enter into covenant relationships of mutual reciprocity (mutual giving and mutual receiving) with people who are different from you. Remember, different is good. 3.Participate in and partner in God’s missional activity of compassion and justice in the world – come alongside neighborhoods and individuals where God is at work to do life with and among them so that we both may experience healing and wholeness. 4.Endeavor to live a contemplative lifestyle of simplicity, prayer, worship, study, reading, giving…using an emotionally healthy model of spiritual disciplines and practices that encourage intimacy with God and reveal dehumanizing narratives such as anxiety, alienation and addiction. •Luke 19:41-42•“Peace” in Luke has no connection to harmony with the Roman Empire or with the temple leadership, nor does it refer to subjective or individualistic tranquility. Peace, rather, is a soteriological (salvation) term – shalom, peace and justice, the gift of God that embraces salvation for all in all of its social, material and spiritual realities.” – Joel Green •And where does Jesus set his sights? Yes, to the Temple. In fact, this whole next section is about the temple. •The parable of the tenants•Paying taxes to Ceasar•Resurrection and Marriage•Warning against the teachers of the law•The widow’s offering•The destruction of the temple and the signs of the end timesAll about the Temple and its leadership. Jesus is bringing judgment upon it.•Luke 19:45-47•Isaiah 56:7-8•Luke 21:5-10•“The best way to understand this passage in Luke is then to see it as the promise that, when the Jerusalem that had opposed his message is finally overthrown, this will be the vindication of Jesus and his people, the sign that he has indeed been enthroned at his Father’s side in heaven. Luke does, of course, believe in the ‘second coming’ of Jesus, but this passage is not about that. It is about the vindication of Jesus and the rescue of his people from the system that has oppressed them.” -NT Wright•Isaiah 52:7

•What does it mean to be spiritual?1.The lifelong journey, that begins in an initial surrender, of learning to live under the Lordship of Jesus that challenges our assumptions, re-creates our worldview, rehabilitates our false narratives and always compels us to embrace surrender. 2.Intentional Relationships of Reconciliation – with intent, seek to enter into covenant relationships of mutual reciprocity (mutual giving and mutual receiving) with people who are different from you. Remember, different is good. 3.Participate in and partner in God’s missional activity of compassion and justice in the world – come alongside neighborhoods and individuals where God is at work to do life with and among them so that we both may experience healing and wholeness. 4.Endeavor to live a contemplative lifestyle of simplicity, prayer, worship, study, reading, giving…using an emotionally healthy model of spiritual disciplines and practices that encourage intimacy with God and reveal dehumanizing narratives such as anxiety, alienation and addiction. •Luke 19:41-42•“Peace” in Luke has no connection to harmony with the Roman Empire or with the temple leadership, nor does it refer to subjective or individualistic tranquility. Peace, rather, is a soteriological (salvation) term – shalom, peace and justice, the gift of God that embraces salvation for all in all of its social, material and spiritual realities.” – Joel Green •And where does Jesus set his sights? Yes, to the Temple. In fact, this whole next section is about the temple. •The parable of the tenants•Paying taxes to Ceasar•Resurrection and Marriage•Warning against the teachers of the law•The widow’s offering•The destruction of the temple and the signs of the end timesAll about the Temple and its leadership. Jesus is bringing judgment upon it.•Luke 19:45-47•Isaiah 56:7-8•Luke 21:5-10•“The best way to understand this passage in Luke is then to see it as the promise that, when the Jerusalem that had opposed his message is finally overthrown, this will be the vindication of Jesus and his people, the sign that he has indeed been enthroned at his Father’s side in heaven. Luke does, of course, believe in the ‘second coming’ of Jesus, but this passage is not about that. It is about the vindication of Jesus and the rescue of his people from the system that has oppressed them.” -NT Wright•Isaiah 52:7