In the first day of the class on Islam, I brought up the idea that Christianity is nonviolent. I was challenged with the story of Jesus cleansing the temple. Once again, this story was lofted to legendary heights, unknown even to the gospel writers, depicting a wrathful Jesus embodying the righteous violence that we disciples [...]
First in a series of quotations from the Qur'an as I prep each week for the Sunday morning Islam classes.
Walking through John H. Yoder's "The Politics of Jesus." In this first installment I'm covering the foundational points about those who misunderstood or outright rejected the nature of Jesus's kingship.
I hear that mindset a lot lately. We’ve seen the mentality all too brutally clear over the last six or so years. And it is absolute nonsense if you are a disciple of Jesus. Because of former Vice President Dick Cheney’s recent and continuous media parade defending the Bush administration’s enhanced interrogation methods, cable news shows [...]
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