simply jesus – Justin B. Fung

It’s the crucified Jesus who is Lord

by Justinchurch, other people's words 18 April, 201418 April, 2014No Comments

But it was our sins that did that to him, that ripped and tore and crushed him — our sins! He took the punishment, and that made us whole. Through his bruises we get healed. – Isaiah 53:5 Jesus is the Lord, but it’s the crucified Jesus who is Lord–precisely because it’s his crucifixion that has …

Good (Us) vs. Evil (Them)

by Justinjustice, other people's words 27 August, 2012No Comments

N.T. Wright, Simply Jesus, 122-123: Without the perspective that sees evil as a dark force that stands behind human reality, the issue of “good” and “bad” in our world is easy to decipher. It is fatally easy, and I mean fatally easy, to typecast “people like us” as basically good and “people like them” as …

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