Analysis

44. The Lost Sheep: Finding What Was Gone

The story of the lost sheep sounds simple on the surface. One sheep goes missing, a shepherd searches, and the sheep is found. But when you sit with it longer, it stops being a neat parable and starts behaving like a mirror. It asks what you do when something valuable slips beyond your reach. It challenges the lazy comfort of assuming that if it is gone, it was probably meant to be gone. And it exposes a harder truth, which is that “missing” is not always the same as “gone

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Signal

63. Jesus and the Great Commission

The phrase “the Great Commission” is familiar in Christian circles, but the way people talk about it can sometimes flatten it into a slogan. Read carefully through the Gospels and Acts, and you can feel something more demanding and more human underneath. Jesus sends people out, yes, but he also forms them first. He gives instructions, but he also creates a life of ongoing obedience. The mission is not only a task at the edge of the church calendar. It’s the shape of discipl

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