All right. So I just want to talk a little while here. This subject matter representing Christ in the

cultural crisis, get to deal with issues in society, I say at the juncture where spirituality

crosses intersectionality. Intersectionality is all of the people issues of the day, folks identifying

themselves by the race, you know,

height, skin, color, gender, whatever they think they want to be, that's intersectionality in a

short form. And where intersectionality meets spirituality at that juncture, I believe that's exactly

where Jesus stands. And Jesus wants us to stand to to navigate the traffic in terms of the issues and the messiness of humanity that he came to redeem.

And so we're going to talk for a few moments here about representing Christ and the cultural crisis.

And kind of a subtitle here from the book, Embracing the Zero Victim Mind of Christ and a Culture of Victimization.

And a culture of victimization.

You know, I say crisis, it doesn't take us long to know that whether it's a border crisis, we're in a spiritual and a moral crisis.

And our nation, there's a leadership crisis, there's a family crisis.

We're not short on crises in America right now.

And Christ is in the cultural crisis. He stands right there in the messiness to bring light,

to bring truth, to bring redemption to people who are hurting. And we'll see here as the word

tells us that we're called to be co-laborers together

with Christ, fellow workers together with God. For whatever reason, in his own volition, God

determined to partner with you and I, for his kingdom to come and his work to be done on earth

through us. Romans chapter 16, verse 25, Paul says that God is able to establish you through two

things, my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ. And Paul, Paul takes ownership of the gospel

and we see how God uses Paul's life, his brand, his skill set, his personality as a partner

and a vehicle for the gospel. And the same thing is true

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