Warning: Jesus widens our circles. And not everybody enjoys the widening of our circles. We like to imagine that we’re on an elite, “insider” tier. What does it do to our sense of self-worth if everybody can get in? How do we reorient our estimation of self so that we love to share the privilege we’ve been granted? (This is a key difference between patriotism and nationalism, by the way. Patriotism wants to share the bounty of one’s homeland; nationalism is stingy and protectionist.)

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