{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrad-thurston.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fcompelling-confronting-costly-love-8QfJnp3X","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Compelling, Confronting, Costly Love","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/928b8180-b57f-49dc-a827-65b6a9112d3b/b493ff0f-39a9-4c46-b27b-976f8865a3fa/f1130991-76b8-4b8e-a5d8-f3bd7e18342c.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/5b188341-9d9a-48f2-b9c6-f1423f5f7896\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Compelling, Confronting, Costly Love\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Luke 20:19-21:4\nHow do we see Jesus in our minds eye? What kind of person is he?  Sort of like, what does a pastor do, or ought a pastor to do? I discovered with my first assignment everybody’s idea is different.  Sometimes, I think, that the Jesus in our minds, is just as varied.  Some see him as someone who loves and cares and likes to make people happy. Some see him as someone who supplies all my wants and needs. Others see him as judgmental  with no sense of humor. To others he is unattainable and too exalted to approach, someone to be feared. I prefer to think of him as love: compelling, confrontational, costly Love. "}