Monday, March 10, 2008

The irrupting gospel

One of the most refreshing developments in recent Western Christian theology is the rediscovery of the Kingdom of God concept in the gospel. Jesus led the in-breaking of the presence of God into the world in a variety of stunning ways, including healing the sick, casting out evil, and feeding the hungry. He brought justice to the down-and-out. He had control over every aspect of nature in order to show us what the world ought to look like – that the world was not intended for suffering, despair, and oppression, or decay, but that we were intended to live in a physical and spiritual world of harmony, peace, joy, and life.

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