“When God wants to change the world, he doesn’t launch missiles. Instead, he sends in the meek, the mourners, and the merciful. “—N. T. Wright and Michael Bird

Jesus and the Pharisees don’t simply disagree. They substantially disagree…

Jesus was convinced that his ministry was to promote radical socioeconomic changes big enough to be regarded as signs of the coming of a new era of justice and peace—‘the year of the Lord’s favor,’ the Jubilee year (Lev 25). —C. René Padilla