puts Augustus’ empire to shame (see 1:32–33). The lowly circumstances of Jesus’ birth show us that God’s kingdom will come in ways that surprise and subvert our expectations about what true greatness and power look like (see 22:25–27). Evangelicals do not often reflect on the material poverty of Jesus (in comparison to some groups, like the Franciscans, who emphasize it). But the fact that the Son of God would enter the world in the most humble way imaginable and then live his life in poverty (8:3)