Lent 2A -- God and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad World

Reading: John 3:1-21 Throughout the gospel of John, the world is always seen in opposition to God and in need of redemption, for which Jesus is sent.  God does not deal with this opposition the way we might like to deal with it, running away and cutting it off from our lives.  Instead God in his love for the world that opposes him, sends Jesus to enter into the brokenness and save the world.