Al Robertson
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And so now everybody's jotting down, what was the name of that book?
And I thought, oh, this is working.
This is working, and it hasn't even been released yet.
And so that was my book review.
I thought it was absolutely fantastic.
I had to repent for being nervous.
And I wanted to say this, because we talked about, we asked you about being a father.
I did some point in there, because I'm a father, and I realized...
God has brought him his wife, and he's now had a kid.
These are the type of perspectives I think you find from understanding relationships in your own life.
And so I really think that contributed to that.
For some reason, I felt like I had to say that because I thought, man, when you're a father, all of a sudden you're like, gulp.
How do I do this?
And here you have the greatest father in the world, and to imagine him giving his son in this way.
And I do think there was a power element here.
The Romans were not only—the reason they invented the cross or carried on its tradition—
Because it's saying, look, you think you have a following?
You think you're going to take on us?
Let us be really clear how powerful we are and what we can do on the earth and how puny you are.
Not only will we kill you, we will shame you.