Bosch’s Spirituality of the Road (p. 2)
In 2 Corinthians 5:20, Paul identifies believers as “ambassadors for Christ.” As ambassadors, believers are ministers of reconciliation, God making his appeal through the believer. Since this is the case, the ambassador’s character is of the upmost importance. Bosch writes, “The ambassador is more than just an instrument that carries the messages to and from his government. He is not the same as the diplomatic mailbag. He is a personal representative of his government, the very embodiment of the one…