But what does Christ do? In obedience to and partnership with his Father, he overthrows the wickedness of their sacrifice by offering himself as the Father’s agent of redemption, extending forgiveness to all. Thus his blood comes to represent the self-giving, radically forgiving, co-suffering love of God–and not the inherent need for appeasement through violence.
Redemptive Peace or Redemptive Violence?
This leaves me to wonder how Jesus would have ended his sermon if he had to preach the story of David and Goliath today. I wonder if Jesus would have endorsed the killing of Goliath. Would Jesus have celebrated or condemned David’s slingshot?
The Birthmark
I have a red birthmark on the backside of my neck. My Mom told me proudly that that is the Van Niekerk birthmark and that she has the same red birthmark on the back of her neck. What my Mom … Read More
It’s Kairos Time!
It is Time… Some of my all time favorite movies are: “The Gods Must be Crazy” and “Back to the Future.” In the first movie, a Coke bottle is dropped from an airplane onto an unsuspecting Bushmen tribe in Southern … Read More
Croaking Frogs
What voice do you listen to? A hundred years ago on November 11th, 1918, World War I ended. This last weekend world leaders gathered in Paris to commemorate and honor those who died. This war took a staggering 9 million … Read More