Think of (the Kingdom) like the sun. As it peeks through on a cloudy day, we do not say the sun has grown. We say, 'The sun has broken through.' Our view of the sun has changed, or obstacles to the sun have been removed, but we have not changed the sun.
Kevin DeYoung, What is the Mission of the Church?: Making sense of social justice, Shalom and the Great Commission
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