Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. Brothers do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting on judgment on it.
Solomon West last reflected on the upside down nature of Jesus' teaching regarding humility and power, poverty and wealth. Now we are called to love our enemies.
Solomon West encounters Jesus in the financial district. And he is confronted with Jesus' life strategy of winning by losing. Quite the opposite strategy from the financial world of Solomon.
Number 14 in Solomon West's Encounters with Jesus in the Financial District.
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.
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.













