should be the top dog, and he, Peter would fight for him! (John 13:6–10, 37–38) The Church is always faced with the Petrine temptations: to run the world the ‘ordinary’ way, if necessary by fighting … but then to collapse in a heap when trouble comes. Instead, what we see of God the Spirit in Romans 8 reminds me inescapably of what we see of God the Son in John 13. As the hymn puts it: We strain to glimpse your mercy-seat And find you kneeling at our feet. So what are we saying? Not only do we, the
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