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“This is exactly what we are doing during Advent—we are preparing our hearts for a new arrival of Christ in our lives. We are lifting up the valleys of our low view of others; we are bringing down the mountains of pride; we are smoothing out our rough and uncharitable attitudes, all in preparation to receive the Word of God into our lives in a new way.”
― The Anticipated Christ: A Journey Through Advent and Christmas
― The Anticipated Christ: A Journey Through Advent and Christmas
“The Bible is not really an encyclopedia of God-facts or a journal of divine jurisprudence, it is primarily the epic story of God’s ultimate triumph over evil.”
― The Anticipated Christ: A Journey Through Advent and Christmas
― The Anticipated Christ: A Journey Through Advent and Christmas
“We should always remember that the ends never justify the means; rather, the means are the ends in the process of becoming. If the means are death-dealing, the ends aren’t going to be life-affirming. You can bomb the world to pieces, but you can’t bomb the world to peace.”
― Postcards from Babylon: The Church In American Exile
― Postcards from Babylon: The Church In American Exile
“If Christianity is not seen as countercultural and even subversive within a military-economic superpower, you can be sure it is a deeply compromised Christianity. A Christianity at home in an empire is the kind of compromised Christianity that the book of Revelation so passionately and creatively warns us against.”
― Postcards from Babylon: The Church In American Exile
― Postcards from Babylon: The Church In American Exile
“The Jesus of the Gospels is far more suited for an F.B.I. Wanted poster than for being the poster child of American values. While the historical Jesus certainly wasn’t a hippie, he was obviously dangerous and subversive. After all, Rome didn’t crucify people for extolling civic virtues and pledging allegiance to the empire. In announcing and enacting the kingdom of God, Jesus was countercultural and counter-imperial. This is why Jesus was crucified. His crime was claiming to be a king who had not been installed by Caesar.”
― Postcards from Babylon: The Church In American Exile
― Postcards from Babylon: The Church In American Exile
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