The most radical thing about the Christian life is that Jesus calls us to take up our own cross and follow his example. Why are followers of Christ called to carry their own cross? So we can bring about righteousness by torturing and killing our enemies? No! Jesus has transformed the cross. Christians carry the cross because we are willing, at any moment, to imitate our Lord by dying at the hands of our enemies rather than perpetuating the cycle of fear and violence. This was how Jesus subverted a Roman military implement and turned it into the definitive symbol of the Christian faith. Because
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