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Today I would like to look at Jesus’ only recorded destructive miracle - it is the rather odd account of Jesus cursing a fig tree, which withers and dies, and He then tells His disciples that they could do the same and throw a mountain into the sea if they had faith.

What is all going on here? What is the connection between killing a fig tree and throwing a mountain into the sea? And why would you throw a mountain into the sea anyway… what is all this about? And does this hold any relevance for us today? Can it show us something about how we are to confront arguably the greatest issue facing us today… an issue that is tearing our community, and the church in particular, apart. And that issue is COVID-19, and more specifically our approach to it as a Christian community.

02:18 - Walking to Jerusalem
04:38 - Connecting the Temple with the fig tree
05:26 - The two crops of the fig tree
06:17 - Early figs and leadership
08:04 - Recentering the relationship
09:49 - Two functions resulting from a recentered relationship
10:17 - COVID-19 and a lost opportunity
12:17 - Failure in Church leadership
13:26 - A personal responsibility