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Jesus of Nazareth was a real man, living and dying at a turbulent moment in real space-time history. His message, and the message about him that the early Christians called good news, was not about how to escape that world. It was about how
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“They are to ‘conquer’, not by fighting back, but by following Jesus himself, who won the victory through his own patient suffering.”
― Revelation for Everyone
― Revelation for Everyone
“This is God’s holiness and justice revealed in Jesus Christ: that God justifies, accepts, and loves sinners despite their unworthiness.”
― Faith Seeking Understanding: An Introduction to Christian Theology
― Faith Seeking Understanding: An Introduction to Christian Theology
“If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it.”
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“Reading the Bible responsibly and respectfully today means learning what it meant for ancient Israelites to talk about God the way they did, and not pushing alien expectations onto texts written long ago and far away.”
― The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It
― The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It
“Love’, in the early Christian sense, is something you do, giving hospitality and practical help to those in need, particularly to other Christians who are poor, sick or hungry.”
― Revelation for Everyone
― Revelation for Everyone
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