Cross of Christ is the constant reminder of God's Lament over the utter foolishness of arrogant human power.
Lamentation of God
~ Naveen Alapati
Violence triggers violence, and hatred fuels hate. Unless hate is responded with love, it is impossible to hope for a peaceful existence.
Love is the Way
~ Naveen Alapati
"While Job tries to speak out his pain and suffering, we deliberately ignore him to hear the interpretations of his friends. Without a doubt, Job finds no genuine listeners except God Himself. When God listens, He listens to the genuine victims in their own words. He pays no attention to the interpreters and He doesn't need them either. As long as we fail to hear Job, we spiritualize Jesus' cry on the cross, "My God, My God, Why have You forsaken Me?""
Hearing Job, Hearing Jesus
~ Naveen Alapati
God's compassion is His impossibility to keep off from getting involved in the unexplainable, anxious, and agonizing mourning of the people in their miserable vulnerability.
Risk of Compassion
~ Naveen Alapati
Don't ask God for richness unless your abundance becomes a blessing for others.
Ethics of Affluence
~ Naveen Alapati
Following Jesus is not as simple as becoming a member of a religion. It is rediscovering ourselves as the image of God.
Christianity is Christ
~ Naveen Alapati
Humanity needs to take a pause, amidst all the endless pursuits to achieve more power, wealth and power, just to realize that we are mere mortals, we are not self-made, and we cannot survive without a sustainable society and habitable environment.
Mortality Consciousness
~ Naveen Alapati
The statement we usually hear:
God's love is the greatest of all!
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The testimony we need:
I have experienced God's love in your love!!
~ Naveen Alapati
On the cross, God was dead. Nay, we murdered God. We rejected His Kingdom and His message. Not only God, but we also murdered true humanity.
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However, God's radical response surpassed our actions. He turned the same event into a stage to demonstrate His selfless love towards humanity and His way to redeem the creation from evil and death.
God's Radical Love
~ Naveen Alapati (Unmuting the Bible)
In a world filled with intensified hatred, injustice, violence, immorality and inhumanity, you need to respond with intensified and radical love, forgiveness, justice, peace and compassion. This is Christ's way.
The Way of Christ
~ Naveen Alapati
Power is not about how violently you can destroy your enemies. But it is about how much you can love them!
Powerful Love
~ Naveen Alapati