It is one thing to be declared “family,” and quite another to live out the relationships implied – particularly when new siblings come from communities deeply divided with one another. And yet this is the first work of the church. Those who have been called to bear witness to love’s triumph, to carry on Jesus’s...
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Understanding the Bible 29: The Crucifixion – God Loves His Enemies
Why was Jesus crucified? Was the cross an act of God (to satisfy the divine wrath)? Was it simply the inevitable result of Jesus’s challenge to the Sadducees and Pharisees? Was he betrayed by followers who felt he had failed his promises to deliver a political kingdom? Or was this an act of sin itself...
Understanding the Bible 22: Why It Matters Jesus Can Calm a Storm at Sea
While the biblical story centers on God’s rescue of humanity, Gen. 3 (the Garden of Eden story) makes is clear that the entire cosmos has been affected by the curse of sin. Nature itself is broken, and thus the project of salvation must include the restoration the entire created order. In this episode we take...