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A batch of the best highlights from what Joshua's read, .

This fact of God’s care and provision proves to all that no human condition excludes blessedness, that God may come to any person with his care and deliverance. God does sometimes help those who cannot, or perhaps just do not, help themselves. (So much for another well-known generalization!) The religious system of his day left the multitudes out, but Jesus welcomed them all into his kingdom. Anyone could come as well as any other. They still can. That is the gospel of the Beatitudes.

The Divine Conspiracy

Dallas Willard

Yes, the cross puts our human brutality on full display, but it also reveals something greater: the love of the Father.

The Pursuing God

Joshua Ryan Butler

In short, the kingdom is concerned with the stuff of sociology—with redeeming communities, institutions, and systems of human organization.

Desiring the Kingdom

James K. A. Smith

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