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
“God grant us grace to be so filled with that love that we may work in our own day with mature, Christian, sober intelligence to address the problem of evil, to implement the victory achieved on the cross, and to be agents, heralds, and living embodiments of that new creation in which the earth will be filled with the glory of God as the waters cover the sea.”
― Surprised by Scripture: Engaging Contemporary Issues
― Surprised by Scripture: Engaging Contemporary Issues
“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
“The church is never more at risk than when it sees itself merely as the solution bearer and forgets that every day it must say, “Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner,” and allow that confession to work its way into genuine humility even as it stands boldly before the world and its crazy empires.”
― Surprised by Scripture: Engaging Contemporary Issues
― Surprised by Scripture: Engaging Contemporary Issues
“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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