Sublime

The man I came to know well, over burgers and coffee and old photos and worn bible pages, was a man childlike and growing to the end, proof that the “good news” he always preached could be lived for a lifetime and remain good. His faith and life’s accomplishments did not produce a dour moralism. It did not produce a Graceland-sized ego. For all his

This pastor loved his church. He didn’t yet love his city enough to upset his church.

The mark of godly leadership is not power and privilege, but humble service.

Thus God taught in emblematic form that the Decalogue was foundational, its applications secondary, contextualized, and temporary.