“Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah, with his garments stained crimson? Who is this, robed in splendor, striding forward in the greatness of his strength? ‘It is I, proclaiming victory, mighty to save’” (Isaiah 63:1 NIV). The ancients believed a warrior Messiah was to come (albeit a confused and incomplete belief). Disciples of Jesus’ day also had a flawed conception of what that would look like. They thought He would overcome Rome. But He would overcome the worl

Have you ever wrestled with something so hard, that it leaves you completely spent? While I’ve never been strapped into a straitjacket...