The Hidden God (3)
  1. Christmas is, therefore, the beginning of Christ’s earthly ministry, even while he awaits a number of years to gather his disciples and inaugurate his preaching of the kingdom.
  2. We might not appreciate that God chooses to save us by his word alone, but our discomfort doesn’t make the promise any less effective.
  3. Terror and even hatred of God are the only things with which divine hiddenness can leave us.