"Jesus would enter his people's story, tears, sweat, and hunger and show them a way out that doesn't require the financial military, and political power of kings and presidents and cabinets."
Interesting things about Jesus' way...
- Jesus was non-coercive.
- Jesus taught a third way... something that is different than both pacifism and militarism... he taught a way of human dignity despite the dehumanizing way of society.
- Jesus believed that ordinary people (like us, like his disciples) could live like he did, do what he did.
- Jesus believed that ordinary people could make are very real and positive difference in the world.
- Jesus believed that this movement of people would expand like mustard seed and plant and yeast.
- It's always been present in the church even despite the fact that our institutional-empirical obsession has sometimes tried to snuff it out.
- I believe that God is at work in the world bringing his redemption and reconciliation... forgiveness, freedom, new life is not only possible with Jesus... it's probable.
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