God has a way of interrupting us—of laying open the wounds of our past in ways that touch us personally. This, too, is the gospel, which is why each chapter in the first half of this book also demonstrates how tearing down is central to the ministry of Jesus in all four Gospels of the New Testament. Whenever any of us come to the end of our rope, we face a personal crisis. Whenever all of us come to the end of our rope collectively, we face a social crisis. No one chooses the agony of times like these, but Jesus meets us here at the end of our rope.
