Tom Long retells a story once told by John Buchanan, the former editor of The Christian Century. Buchanan said that one Sunday he was baptizing a two-year-old child. He proclaimed to the child, “You are a child of God, sealed by the Spirit in your baptism, and you belong to Jesus Christ forever.” Unexpectedly, the child responded, “Uh-oh.” Buchanan writes: “It was an appropriate response . . . . a stunning theological affirmation.” Long commented, “Nicodemus’ response to Jesus could be heard as a shocked ‘Uh-oh.'” John 3:1-17
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