The Scandal of Christianity
The great scandal of Christianity is the central figure, Jesus of Nazareth, and its claim that the God who created the universe chose to walk and work in and as a human being, in all his smallness. But, not just any human. This human lived and walked, from a broader world/cultural perspective, in a tiny, impoverished region – first century Judea. Still further, he did not seek religious or political centrality even within that region itself (Jerusalem), but spent most…