Jesus. Kingdom-work is continuing to do the very same things that Jesus himself did among individuals in need, challenging self-assured religious types, offering mercy to the downtrodden and forgotten, warning of judgement, exhorting faith in God’s generous forgiveness, and speaking words of truth in the halls of political power. Jesus is the crucified and risen king who calls us to kingdom-allegiance and kingdom-deeds that are humbly cruciform and positively bursting with the life of the new creation.
