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Rather, I suggest that Jesus was seen as, and saw himself as, a prophet; not a particular one necessarily, as though there were an individual set of shoes ready-made into which he was consciously stepping, but a prophet like the prophets of old, coming to Israel with a word from her covenant god, warning her of the imminent and fearful consequences
... See moreN. T. Wright • Jesus Victory of God V2: Christian Origins And The Question Of God
At this juncture in our common life, the chance of the preacher is crucial—as it has not been in a long time—precisely because the dominant texts are failing. . . . It is a task of the church—with synagogue and mosque—to offer this countertext of generosity, fidelity, and neighborliness. It is the chance of the preacher to permit people to give up
... See moreGil Rendle • Quietly Courageous
Jesus Victory of God V2: Christian Origins And The Question Of God
N. T. Wright • 25 highlights
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James H. Cone • God of the Oppressed
You call yourselves the people of God,
but you trade his peace for power,
his justice for privilege,
his mercy for applause.
You march with his name on your banners,
yet your hands are heavy with division,
your lips are quick with scorn,
your hearts are closed to the stranger,
the widow, the child at the margin.
You cry “Lord, protect us,”
while denying his
... See moreGod-talk is human speech in which God is depersonalized into a language of information, manipulation, propaganda, and gossip.
Eugene H. Peterson • As Kingfishers Catch Fire: A Conversation on the Ways of God Formed by the Words of God
The Bible is replete with the scathing indictments of those who wept over oppression. Recall Jeremiah: “Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, his upper rooms by injustice, making his own people work for nothing, not paying them for their labor” (Jeremiah 22:13); and Amos, decrying those who “trample on the heads of the poor as on the
... See morewashingtonpost.com • Perspective | Raphael Warnock’s Georgia Critics Don’t Understand Black Churches
The central evil of the modern view is that “religion is a private, personal matter.” This is a revolutionary idea, a product of the modern era and of revolutionary ideologies. Basic to the Western world has been the premise that, because the God of the Scriptures is the living God, the maker of heaven and earth and all things therein, any attempt
... See moreR. J. Rushdoony • An Informed Faith
Elijah—He stands first as a new breed of prophet, confronting Israel’s political and religious establishment with pronouncements that begin with the jolting phrase, “thus says the Lord.”