jamie's wanderings

 To reduce Jesus's act of love on the cross to a get out of hell ticket is to reduce this amazing, glorious moment that marks history to a lottery ticket for all. It was not just salvation for the next life. It was not just His sacrifice for his friends. It was not merely a satisfying of God's wrath on sin. His death wasn't just because empire demanded it. It wasn't just the religious leaders that demanded it. The crowd screamed Crucify. And empire bended to keep to the peace. He did it knowing, that without it, we would never fully understand love and the sacrifice it demands. And now, we have weaponized Christianity. We have adored the cross more than the man who died upon it. We have focused on what the death paid for, rather than the freedom we have, and the Kingdom HERE NOW. We still want a King that rules politically, and instead he came on a small donkey, crying for peace, weeping over Jerusalem, talking about a Kingdom that's here and now but doesn't loo...