The Cross (114)
  1. The kingdom of God is not a place, a thing, a concept, a philosophy, a spiritual force, or a state of being. The kingdom of God is a person.
  2. When we ask ourselves, "My God, how did I get so lost," he answers, "I am the God who comes to seek and save the lost in the power of my resurrection.
  3. God invites us to have intimate conversations in a world filled with mockery and hate. To trust Jesus reigns whenever and wherever He extends a word of promise to the displaced and the disfavored, welcoming them home.
  4. By pouring out his life unto death, Jesus reverses our death.
  5. Jesus doesn’t talk about God’s love for us; he embodies it.
  6. Death can make us feel like tourists or strangers traveling across the landscape of someone else’s life.
  7. Americans love the vicarious sense of pride they get from the odds-defying underdog myth.
  8. We tell our children if they work hard and play by the rules, they’ll succeed in life. Jerks, cheaters, and thieves won’t. They’ll end up in the gutter. Or jail. Or worse.
  9. The thing seems incredible, and I would not have believed it myself, nor have understood Paul’s words here, had I not witnessed it with my own eyes and experienced it.
  10. Right now (and I would add, for quite some time) there has been a debate within Christianity about the whole issue of culture.
  11. It's easy to become habituated to sin. It comes naturally, after all. The power and pressure of sin on us, from conception to the grave, is immense.
  12. A Roman execution device isn't exactly a picturesque scene of divine love on display.
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