"I understand this is a subtle difference in interpretation but it creates a huge difference in how we response to injustice." Read more
"I understand this is a subtle difference in interpretation but it creates a huge difference in how we response to injustice." Read more
The Jesus of John’s story doesn’t do things instead of us, as our substitute so we don’t have to do them. This Jesus calls his followers to participate in his actions alongside him. Read more
God’s power never expresses itself through the humiliation or denigration of another. It does not triumph over life. It conquers death by resurrecting life. Read more
The book of Acts offers just one example of this alternative focus and emphasis; the good news of life-giving, life-conquering, death-reversing, injustice-overturning resurrection. Read more
The good news was not that Jesus died, or even that he died for you. The good news rather was that this Jesus whom they killed, has been brought back to life! Read more
We could choose to be last in line to oppose those progressive visions for American society rather than being among the loudest opponents of distributively just change. Read more
Jesus was crucified by Rome not because he was starting a new religion, but because his political teachings on justice for the oppressed, marginalized, and disenfranchised threatened to upset the status quo. Read more
Not one conception in Jewish history fits Luke’s description of how Mary conceived Jesus. But in Rome, the story of a virgin conceiving and giving birth to the son of God had a political context. Read more
Let’s not ask ourselves how we can die. Jesus doesn’t call a person do die, but to live. So what is it going to take for us to germinate? Read more
"The central image of Christ on the cross as the savior of the world communicates the harmful message that suffering is redemptive." Read more
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