If there’s one message we should get from the story of Jesus it’s that he is a decentralizer. Against the intense pressures of the three major principalities and powers… the religious establishment (the Pharisees), the government (Rome and the Sanhedrin) and education (the Synagogue and Teachers of the Law), Jesus taught about a grace uncontrollable and universal. Paul carried it further beyond the borders of Israel to include all peoples. So why do many churches make us feel like we... Read more