Rev. Bobby Musengwa

Rev. Bobby Musengwa Transitional General Presbyter Matthew 22:15-22 gets quoted to settle arguments, usually by people who want Jesus on their side. But look at what’s actually happening. This is a trap, and Jesus sees it coming. The Pharisees and the Herodians normally can’t stand each other. The Pharisees resent Roman occupation. The Herodians benefit from it. Yet here they are, working together, because they share a bigger goal: getting rid of Jesus. If he says “pay the tax,” he loses...

Rev. Bobby Musengwa Transitional General Presbyter We are still on Tuesday of Holy Week. Jesus has just ridden into Jerusalem. He has turned over tables in the temple. Now the chief priests and elders confront him: "By what authority are you doing these things?" Jesus doesn't give them a straight answer. He tells three stories in a row, and they all land on the same people. In the first, two sons are asked to work in the vineyard. One says yes and doesn't go. The other says no and then goes....

Matthew 21: 33-46 Put ten kindergarten kids in one room with ten balloons. Nine balloons are white. One is red. How many kids run for the red one? Almost all of them. Within a minute, someone is crying. Someone is pulling. Someone is a little too proud of winning. Nothing was wrong with the white balloons. The kids simply wanted what someone else wanted. Why? Because our desires are imitations of other people’s desires. The French thinker René Girard called this mimetic desire. We copy...