“But the problem is that Jesus' kingdom (and Paul's "citizenship in heaven") was about the real world, here and now. It was about allegiance. Jesus and Paul were telling the people that they must live here with their identities as aliens. They must live by the rules of heaven amid the violent earthly powers. And to claim that one's citizenship is in heaven is to say that you pledge allegiance not to any of the kingdoms of the world but to Jesus and the body of those who take on his suffering, enemy-loving posture toward the world.”
― Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals
― Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals
“Christianity is at its best when it is peculiar, marginalized, suffering, and it is at its worst when it is popular, credible, triumphal, and powerful.”
― Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals
― Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals
“Functional coherence makes accidental invention fantastically improbable and therefore physically impossible. The”
― Undeniable: How Biology Confirms Our Intuition That Life Is Designed
― Undeniable: How Biology Confirms Our Intuition That Life Is Designed
“Many of us have bought into the idea that science, though practiced by humans, has managed to rid itself of human flaws. But if we intend to question everything, perhaps we should begin by questioning whether the human testing of human ideas can be so simple, considering how complicated humans are.”
― Undeniable: How Biology Confirms Our Intuition That Life Is Designed
― Undeniable: How Biology Confirms Our Intuition That Life Is Designed
“I think the intuition by which we immediately perceive certain things to be the products of purposeful intent is close to the idea that some things are too good to be true.”
― Undeniable: How Biology Confirms Our Intuition That Life Is Designed
― Undeniable: How Biology Confirms Our Intuition That Life Is Designed
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