He was not a magician or
wonder worker.
This story is not one of
a wonder worker and his astonished onlookers, but the much bigger one of Jesus charging those who follow him to be agents of God's compassion and power.
In the God essay twenty - four years ago, Time noted that the image of God as a «
wonder worker» was a discredited, if not paltry, view of the Deity.
Having reduced Jesus to the stature of a common prophet or
wonder worker, this approach has difficulty in accounting for the extreme reactions of his followers and adversaries and for the rapid emergence of Christianity as a distinct religious faith.
In a couple of weeks, after I have washed and styled my hair and I am good to go, I will just spray the blondest version of
this wonder worker on my roots and gone is the outgrowth.
So it's
no wonder workers who understand these machines are in demand.