Even since the end of Soviet occupation, oppressed people see Lithuania's Hill of Crosses as a reminder of the subversive power of the cross. Jesus showed that might doesn’t make right, and that’s very good news — unless you’re the empire.
No matter the subject, going against what has become “normal” for society invariably produces anxiety and pushback. We are studying the beginning of Jesus' public ministry which confronts not just social change, but produces a bitter rejection by the very people who should be elated that