bible and theology on Powerlessness

The cross, Martin Luther wrote, was the devil’s mousetrap. The devil smelled cheese, and wham, felt steel. Thus, we see a little baby lying defenseless in a crib at Bethlehem, and a tortured man hangi...

Only in the Cross of Christ will we receive power when we are powerless. We will find strength when we are weak. We will experience hope when our situation is hopeless. Only in the Cross is there peac...

[The poor have] a feeling of powerlessness and an inability to make themselves heard.

A person who wields power cannot see truth; that is the privilege of the powerless.

When we live our lives by the story of unlimitedness, we believe small equals powerless.