“But we should admit the strangeness of this. We Christians are a peculiar people. We worship–as incredible as it sounds!–a crucified God. All religions more or less worship some version of a powerful, glorious, triumphant God, but Christians are unique in worshiping a betrayed, tortured, crucified God. This is the original scandal of the Christian faith: the worship of a God who was nailed to a tree.”
Brian Zahnd, Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God: The Scandalous Truth of the Very Good News. Colorado Springs, CO: Waterbrook, 2017, page 80
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