Serving the Poor and the Persecuted
Dr. Stephen Rasche

Jesus’ Revelation of God and Call to Discipleship
What does God “look like”?
Jesus says simply: “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father… I am in the Father and the Father is in me” (Jn. 14: 9–10).
Jesus is one with the Father (Jn. 10:30), and he is also the way to the Father. That way is discipleship. Dr. Alan Schreck discusses what it means to be a disciple of Jesus: its necessity, its joy, and the sacrifice and suffering—the cross—it requires.
The Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church states, "The Paschal Mystery of Jesus... stands at the center of the Christian faith because God's saving plan was accomplished…...
Jesus' "hidden life" ends and his public ministry begins with his baptism in the Jordan River by John. Jesus' proclamation that "the kingdom (or reign) of God is…...
As author C. S. Lewis noted, Jesus as he's revealed in the Gospels is either God, a lunatic, or a liar. Jesus differs from all other religious founders…...