Christ Over All

In the days that followed Palm Sunday, Christ would confront the disgusting corruption of Israel. He would cleanse the temple of idolatry by overturning the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons for sacrifice. He would expose the hypocrisy of the religious leaders by denying their legitimacy,

At the heart of Wilson's thesis is the claim that unbelieving Jews remain connected to Abraham covenantally, albeit in a negative, distorted form. In his AmeriFest remarks, he stated: "If these people covenanted with the God of Abraham in the Middle Ages and they’ve been living that way for centuries, then they’re in covenant, they’re in that covenant." Notice his words, which were deliberate and deceptive.

My bold and confident assertion is that certainty provides structure and form while transcendence provides oxygen and life. In our modern context, life is saturated with casualness. People wear sweat suits to important events and flip flops to church, when only 100 years ago, day laborers commonly wore full suits, including jackets, vests, and ties, to work.