The Satanic Legion—Then and Now
Every move Jesus makes unfolds yet another manifestation of what it looks like when God rules.
Every move Jesus makes unfolds yet another manifestation of what it looks like when God rules.
We don’t combat the irrationality of fear with the reasonableness of faith. Faith is not reasonable, and therein lies its power.
It’s not the great sinners who are in the most danger, is it? It’s the ones who seem on the outside to be the most righteous.
Jesus naturalizes divine love as a fully human expression. This is how he wants us to be with each other, and particularly the broken and hurting among us.
Jesus is looking for a quality of faith that is simultaneously humble and bold, and he doesn’t care where he finds it.
Prayer is more like the secret life of Jesus rather than the secret technique of Jesus.
The Rule of God is always about doing good and saving life. We must therefore interpret the rules accordingly.
Jesus shows us what happens when God becomes like a human being. On this day, with those roof-raising friends, he showed us what happens when human beings become like God.
Jesus wasn’t trying to convince anyone of anything. He was going about reversing the curse of the fall.
In a world of ceaseless taking, Jesus brings a kingdom of endless giving.
People characterized by the power of love forsake their need to control and they wind up with a source of authority unlike anything the world could offer.
The Word made Flesh declares the kingdom has come and it is in his very person. He is the king and the kingdom.