... my pal wouldn’t say to me. My pal wouldn’t confront me or challenge me. Let Jesus stay just my pal.” Jesus won’t settle for Pilate’s or our definition of a leader. I always like the statement of the British statesman Lord Balfour who remarked in Parliament, “Gentlemen, I do not mind being contradicted, and I am unperturbed when I am attacked, but I confess I have slight misgivings when I hear myself being explained.” Jesus, however strange it seems to Pilate, explains himself, “You say that ...
