My point in all this is that we are broken people living in a broken culture and we are called to minister to people like us who have made a mess of life. We must invite them into relationship with Jesus without laying on them the impossible task of cleaning themselves up first.
Tozer on Immortality
God has buried something deep within the soul of every man and woman. It is simply and profoundly a longing for immortality.
No king but Caesar?
Before we are quick to look down on the Jewish leaders we should stop to think about why this story is important enough to be in the Bible. It is important that it is in there because we are made of the same stuff and will fall into the same traps if left to ourselves.
What offices does Christ fill as our Redeemer?
Jesus is the only one who has demonstrated the ability and the authority to fulfill all three of these offices in combination in one person.
