{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/643c56a5183b3b0011959edf/64ad3c922a8a0800113b60df?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"7/09/2023- Ep 13.2: \"Two Roads\"","description":"<p>In Matthew 7:13-14, we come to the beginning of the end of the Sermon on the Mount.&nbsp;Is Jesus looking for applause at the end of his sermon? No. He’s looking for his hearers to make a choice: the wide way which is easy and travelled by many, or the narrow way which is hard and found by few.&nbsp;Paradoxically, the wide way leads to confinement, and eventually death, while the narrow way leads to an expansive freedom, and ultimately life.</p><p><br></p><p>What are some expressions of the mountain analogy (many roads, one destination) you have seen in popular culture?</p><p>What stands or has stood between you and Jesus?&nbsp;What are some practical things you can do to part with this “luggage”?</p><p>Read Psalm 73. How does the psalmist’s realization help us choose the narrow path when it is the more difficult one?</p>","author_name":"Pilgrims Vision"}