Therefore, Go

Everywhere Jesus went was “Bethel.” There were no bad neighborhoods for Jesus. Therefore, there should be no bad neighborhoods for us. And, because there are no bad neighborhoods, and because Jesus is Emmanuel (God with us), we must go into the cities, move into the cities, raise families in the cities, work in the cities, and mobilize/empower other Christians to do the same. Christians need to go to their “Samarias.” We need to go to those “forbidden” places where we “cannot” go. We need to be as salt and light in at-risk neighborhoods (from Ray Bakke, A Theology as Big as the City)..