C. J. H. Wright correctly comments that the cross of Christ is “the unavoidable center of our mission” (2006, 314), because whatever forms of evil we confront—spiritual, social, economic, physical, or mental—it is the power of the cross that disarms evil, defeats Satan, transforms sinful humans, and is the foundation of the coming kingdom of righteousness and glory. Thus the cross is central to both mandates. And yet the message of the cross is made explicit and the power of the cross released only
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