The primary theme there, of course, is humility. (Matthew 18 tells us that the disciples were arguing—again—about who would be the greatest in Jesus’ kingdom.) But humility and wonder go hand in hand. Our faith needs to be childlike, not childish. We need to rediscover the awe of God. Much contemporary Christianity, we find, treats God in very casual terms as the ultimate Best Friend—which, of course, He is. But if we’re not careful, we cut Him down to our size. Then our God is too small. We don’t
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