Evening: Psalms 81, 82; John 8:12-20
Christianity has been repeatedly and often justifiably criticized for its human failings. Criticisms of Jesus are less common, though, usually based on disagreement with his knack for turning the world upside down – ‘the first shall be last and the last first’; ‘love your enemies’, etc. When Jesus called himself ‘the light of the world’, religious leaders dismissed him for saying that about himself. While some of Jesus’s attitudes were clearly mediated by the culture he lived in – sexuality, slavery, etc. – his ways and wisdom continue to shine a light into humanity’s dark places and offer hope of something brighter.
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