“I’m a Christian not because of the resurrection … and not because I think Christianity contains more truth than other religions … and not simply because it was the religion in which I was raised (this has been a high barrier). I am a Christian because of that moment on the cross when Jesus, drinking the very dregs of human bitterness, cries out, “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?” … The point is that he felt human destitution to its absolute degree; the point is that God is with us, not beyond us, in suffering,”
-- Christian Wiman.
Joe... have you read "Beautiful Outlaw" yet? A wonderful book which clearly illustrates the very humanness of Jesus. I enjoyed it immensely.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice Easter!