On those who find themselves having others “utter all kinds of evil” against them on account of Jesus or who suffer for carrying the name “Christian,” Jesus is not talking about the so-called war on Christmas, what decorations appear on the winter-season coffee cup, or whether the mall rings with sounds of “Happy holidays” rather than “Merry... See more

It is neither wealth nor poverty that keeps people out of the kingdom— it is pride .

I can hear Jesus saying, “Get your hands dirty to build a human society for human beings.” Christianity is not passive but active, energetic, alive, going beyond despair.

Jesus taught an alternative wisdom that shakes the social order instead of upholding the conventional wisdom that maintains it.