schlunkfunk

[…] the miracles were an expression not so much of Jesus’ mighty power as of his love. In fact, the power of miraculous spectacle was the temptation he faced in the desert – to turn stones to bread or to fling himself from the temple. But what had lasting significance were not the miracles themselves but Jesus’ love. Jesus raised his friend Lazarus from the dead, and a few years later, Lazarus died again. Jesus healed the sick, but they eventually caught some other disease. He fed the thousands, and the next day they were hungry again. But we remember his love. It wasn’t that Jesus healed a leper but that he touched a leper, because no one touched lepers.

…ein Auszug aus »The Irresistible Revolution« von Shane Claiborne. Erinnert mich ein klein wenig an die treffende Bemerkung Jürgen Moltmanns, die Wunder Jesu seien nichts Außergewöhnliches, sondern das einzig Normale in einer verkrümmten, auf sich selbst fixierten Welt…

Dieser Beitrag wurde auch bei »PastorBuddy« veröffentlicht.