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“[The gospels] are not merely antiquarian documents telling a strange story about a powerful but now long-gone moment of history. They are the moment of sunrise on a new morning, casting a strange glory over the landscape and inviting all readers to wake up, rub the sleep from their eyes, and come out to enjoy the fully dawned day and give themselves to its tasks.”
― How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels
― How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels
“The nonviolent rhythms of the cross meet the melodies of this world with dissonance. I”
― Fight: A Christian Case for Non-Violence
― Fight: A Christian Case for Non-Violence
“New creation itself has begun, they are saying, and will be completed. Jesus is ruling over that new creation and making it happen through the witness of his church. “The ruler of this world” has been overthrown; the powers of the world have been led behind Jesus’s triumphal procession as a beaten, bedraggled rabble. And that is how God is becoming king on earth as in heaven. That is the truth the gospels are eager to tell us, the”
― How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels
― How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels
“Jesus never intended to change the world through battlefields or voting booths. Jesus has always intended to transform the world one life at a time at a shared table.”
― Water To Wine: Some of My Story
― Water To Wine: Some of My Story
“If we stay on the road following the Jesus way, what we discover is that we are walking farther and farther down the road of love. We learn to be open and generous. We learn to love everyone we meet. To accept them. To include them. To recognize that they too are children of God.”
― Water To Wine: Some of My Story
― Water To Wine: Some of My Story
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