The best definition of the Gospel message I ever heard is that the Gospel is the permission and command to enter difficulty with hope.
How can you say Our Father if you plunge steel into the guts of your brother? Christ compared himself to a hen: Christians behave like hawks. Christ was a shepherd of the sheep: Christians tear each o… — Desiderius Erasmus
The best definition of the Gospel message I ever heard is that the Gospel is the permission and command to enter difficulty with hope.
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