by Daniel White Hodge<\/a><\/span>
R3 Contributor<\/span>
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\nany \u201cChristian witness.\u201d These are all fair questions and counter criticism. And, while I do not necessarily feel all of the names on Linne\u2019s list are \u201cfalse teachers,\u201d the critique is still needed. Moreover, who gets to define what a \u201cChristian\u201d is? Whose narrative do we use as a pious measuring stick to figure out who is \u201cChristian\u201d enough? What makes Baraka\u2019s strong language any different than Jesus calling out religious leaders of his day naming them \u201csnakes,\u201d \u201cvipers,\u201d and \u201cblood suckers?\u201d In that context, that choice of discourse was considered to be \u201cprofane\u201d and blasphemous to \u201ccall out\u201d such a high official; yet those officials were dirty and Jesus, in a true Hip Hop manner, called them out. So what is the line then? I feel strongly we need to continue to have that discussion and not allow traditionalization, religious piety, and rigid beliefs regarding Christianity to hold us all back from growth. <\/span><\/div>\n
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