Jesus did not come to set up a program but modeled a way of living that incarnated the reign of God, a community in which people are reconciled and debts are forgiven just as we forgive our debtors. That reign did not spread through establishments or structural systems. It spreads like a disease—through touch, through breath, through life. It spreads through people infected by love.
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Shane Claiborne (via marshallnorthcutt) the kingdom of God must be incarnated by us, His kingdom people, through a faith and life marked by simplicity enough that it can spread virally. our faith must be coughable. |
