The cross is not just an example to be followed

Here's an interesting quotation from Whittenburg Door's interview of N.T. Wright:

The cross is not just an example to be followed; it is an achievement to be worked out, put into practice. But it is an example nonetheless, because it is the exemplar—the template, the model for what God now wants to do by his Spirit in the world, through his people. It is the start of the process of redemption, in which suffering and martyrdom are the paradoxical means by which victory is won.

Click here for the entire interview.

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