“Righteousness is a term that is frequently found in most translations of Matthew’s gospel. Other translators use the word “justice” instead. Righteousness is the personal form of justice. As Matthew uses the term it is not about being pure and holy; it is about service to others. The righteous are those who feed the hungry and clothe the naked. The justice of a compassionate God is not retributive justice. It is distributive justice. It is not about getting even, it is about giving evenly.”
Postmodern emergent struggling to recover from the intellectual and cultural depredations of modern evangelicalism.
Love is what God is, love is why Jesus came, and love is why he continues to come, year after year to person after person. May you experience this vast, expansive, infinite, indestructible love that has been yours all along. May you discover that this love is as wide as the sky and as small as the cracks in your heart no one else knows about. And may you know, deep in your bones, that love wins.
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