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The church was turning the world upside down. Throwing city after city into political and economic chaos. Holy hell breaking out. Despite a lack of overt antagonism, the Roman Empire came to see the Christian church as a threat, targeting Christians for persecution. Paul was beheaded. Christians were thrown to lions. Followers of Jesus were killed in gladiator games. This is the paradox of Jesus. Rome had trouble officially locating a treasonous element in Jesus and his followers, but riots broke out. The church was turning the world upside down. Something revolutionary was happening, but Rome had trouble seeing what it was. And I think we have the same problem. It’s hard for us to nail down exactly why the church was so subversive and revolutionary. What happened was that when people gave their spiritual allegiance to King Jesus, they started opting out of the Roman Zeitgeist and its political and economic systems.
Reviving Old Scratch
Richard Beck
The imperial-satanic project is always destined to fall.
A Farewell to Mars
Brian Zahnd
This awareness is another proof of Vertical growth. There’s a difference between saying “He made me angry,” and “I got angry when he did that.” When he makes you angry, you’re being “done to” from the outside in. But when you get angry that someone did something, you’re taking responsibility for the anger from the inside out.
The Map
Keith M. Eigel, PhD
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