{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrad-thurston.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fpeeling-the-onion-eXqXRbSQ","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Peeling the Onion","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/928b8180-b57f-49dc-a827-65b6a9112d3b/506d3cf6-f516-49d5-81e6-bebdf5d8ae88/87ee6124-6d7f-456f-888e-836825271884.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/baca1809-3366-46f4-aaf9-e39d70e1d40f\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Peeling the Onion\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Luke 16:14-31\nWhat happens when your core values and world view are attacked? How do people normally react to being challenged that all you have believed and done as a basis of that belief system is exposed as being errant? What are normal reactions to such a confrontation?  How would you react to being told such a revelation in your own life?  Choose a concept so radical that it causes you to ridicule and mock anyone who would even dare to think otherwise – how would you feel about that?  But that is exactly what these last three chapters of Luke are playing out in front of us.  It is a constant back and forth between Jesus and the Pharisees, his disciples and the crowds of people gathering around.  It is not a formal lecture in a great hall of learning, or a debate on a public stage. This is life as it happens on the street, in homes, and on the countryside.  This is the next stage in this saga:"}