Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Wright: sermon on mount/passion narrative

Think of the kingdom-agenda of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), which itself points ahead to the cross:  Jesus himself loves his enemies, goes where the Roman soldiers force him to go, and turns the other cheek before being set like a city on a hill, like a light on a pole.

How God Became King, p232

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