{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"September 7, 2025 \u2013 Luke 14:25-33 \u2013 by Pastor Nathan Pratt","description":"25\u2006Now large crowds were traveling with\u202f[Jesus], and he turned and said to them,\u202f26 \u201cWhoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple.\u202f27\u2006Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.\u202f28\u2006For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it?\u202f29\u2006Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to ridicule him,\u202f30\u2006saying, \u2018This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.\u2019\u202f31\u2006Or what king, going out to wage war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand?\u202f32\u2006If he cannot, then while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for the terms of peace.\u202f33\u2006So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.\u201d&amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Mount Pleasant Lutheran Church","author_url":"https:\/\/spaceshipchurch.org","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/38118695\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/007a8c\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/38118695"}