August 14, 2022
The God we get in Christ is one that wants our agency. Jesus tells us all these parables to wake us up and get us thinking. Jesus’ first words are, “Repent and believe the kingdom of God has come near.” The word for repent is less, “sinner change your cheating ways” and more, “think differently after this experience.” We have to think. We have to choose to live in the way of Christ