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Over the last few Sundays, I have been preaching from Luke 9. There was a lot going on in the ministry of Jesus and I’m enjoying each of the pericopes (extracts from the text – don’t you feel smarter?) that we’ve been studying, and I’ve noticed something to which I haven’t paid much attention before. There are a lot of layers going on when it comes to the people in these accounts.

I’m going to attempt to describe these layers in terms of last week’s Alva Goldbugs playoff game. First, you have the players and coaches. They have been spending a HUGE amount of time preparing for the contest. They...