by The Exodus Team | Nov 7, 2025 | Formation Series, The Parable of the Talents
In Christ’s parable, one worker is given one talent, another two, another five.The utter generosity is astounding.Five talents is as much silver as a person would make working all day, six days a week, for one hundred years.Such a gift, while being extremely heavy,...
by The Exodus Team | Nov 7, 2025 | Formation Series, The Parable of the Talents
The only time rocks don’t fall is when something blocks them.When the obstacle is removed, they rush downward.Our love has a similar impulse; our hearts long to be swept up toward God, but we can prevent that impulse to divine union.We can bury our love beneath the...
by The Exodus Team | Nov 7, 2025 | Formation Series, The Parable of the Talents
Freedom is defined by our power to choose God, not to neglect him.“For freedom Christ has set us free” (Galatians 5:1).God has given us the chance to make our love grow, thus potentially multiplying the force with which we seek him.While rocks cannot stop themselves...
by The Exodus Team | Nov 7, 2025 | Formation Series, The Parable of the Talents
“Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them” (Matthew 25:19).Christ’s parable reminds us that the gift of charity is not principally for the sake of this life; charity achieves its end in heaven.Charity focuses us on our...
by The Exodus Team | Nov 7, 2025 | Formation Series, The Parable of the Talents
Whether you live a life of charity or not will radically affect your view of God.The man who buries his talent, who never exercises the gift of holy friendship, comes to believe false things about God.He sees his master as a harsh, merciless, demanding judge, who...
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