When Jesus calls his disciples ‘brothers’ and ‘friends’, he is contradicting general Jewish usage and breaking through into a new concept of brotherhood which is not tribal, but open to any person. David Kirk Read Quote
You can’t just carry everyone else’s hopes and fears around in your backpack and expect to stand up straight. David Kirk Read Quote
The entrance into Jerusalem has all the elements of the theatre of the absurd: the poor king; truth comes riding on a donkey; symbolic actions – even parading without a permit! David Kirk Read Quote
The Way is not a religion: Christianity is the end of religion. ‘Religion’ means here the division between sacred and secular concerns, other-worldliness, man’s reaching toward God in a way which projects his own thoughts. David Kirk Read Quote
