Faith is accepting the truth that if lasting personal change were possible it wouldn't have been necessary for Jesus, the Redeemer, to come. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Jesus’s words are too familiar, too domesticated, too stripped of their initial edginess and urgency. Only when heard through first-century Jewish ears can their original edginess and urgency be recovered. Consequently, to understand the man from Nazareth, it is necessary… — Amy-Jill Levine Copy Share Image
