My One and Only

Jesus made a life changing statement to a crowd of followers once when he said, “If you want to be my disciple, you must hate everyone else by comparison – your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters – yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple.” (Luke 14:26)

Could you picture the look on their faces? I can imagine that maybe more than a few of them felt a little liberated at the thought of finally getting the chance to publically hate some of their family members. There might have even been a few who were confused at His comments when they re...