This is 13th in a series of encounters with Jesus in the financial district by Solomon West.

Any significant change can come only by breaking the stranglehold of the ideas and concepts that automatically shunt aside Jesus, ‘the Prince of Life,’ when questions of concrete mastery of our life arise.

11th in a series of encounters with Jesus in the marketplace by Solomon West

This is the tenth entry in Solomon West's exploration of encounters with Jesus in the Gospel of Luke

This is the ninth entry in Solomon West's exploration of encounters with Jesus in the Gospel of Luke.

People are instinctively drawn to Jesus, certain that he understands suffering, their particular suffering, that he sees it in their eyes even before they speak.  God’s chosen are the suffering ones, whose inner luminescence is emphasized by the fragility of it container.

InsideWork is following Solomon West in his progress through nearly 100 encounters with Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. This is number seven.

InsideWork is following Solomon West in his progress through nearly 100 encounters with Jesus in the Gospel of Luke.

Solomon West encounters Jesus as a person of unflinching authority.

Just as it seemed Jesus would emerge as the golden boy of Galilee, Solomon West looks at a surprising and, for some, upsetting encounter with Jesus.

Solomon West explores how Jesus framed his work through a potent and surprising mission statement (hint: it doesn't begin and end with a guy in the end zone waving a John 3:16 poster).

Evidence of the Spirit’s leading may in some—or possibly many—cases have us participating in things that do not come naturally, i.e., doing something that involves personal sacrifice or going somewhere/doing something that has no apparent personal upside or creates great uncertainty.

If you want a biblical worldview the place to look for it is the Bible (not someone's lists of things you ought to check off to prove you're a right-thinking Christian). The same is true if you want to understand Jesus. A rich appreciation for what Jesus said and did comes from the narratives about him in the biblical text. Our friend Solomon West is cataloguing nearly 100 encounters with Jesus in the Gospel Luke wrote. And he's welcomed us to join him.

Picking up from the Rich Fool in Luke 12:13-21, Solomon West observes some of Jesus’ most immensely practical teaching on how we are to live our lives.

From 50 Cent to Dallas Willard to an encounter with Jesus, Solomon West tracks the dangers of greed unchecked.