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Do you see the tough circumstances in your life as a classroom or a prison
The Map
Keith M. Eigel, PhD
It’s a general rule of slow movements that a small amount of high-quality offerings is usually superior to a larger amount of low-quality fare.
Digital Minimalism
Cal Newport
when it comes to Jesus’ battle with Satan, both conservative and progressive Christians snip out critical parts of the conflict. With their focus on traditional family values, the Protestant work ethic, and “God and Country” patriotism, conservative Christians snip out the Jesus who marginalized the family, who was a friend of sinners, who sided with the poor against the rich, and who was executed by the state for sedition. Snip. Snip. Snip. Progressive Christians snip out different stuff. We’re aware that Jesus was executed by the state but fail notice that Jesus’ battle with the Satan didn’t look a whole lot like what we’d describe as political activism. Jesus lived under empire, one of the most exploitative and oppressive in world history. And yet, Jesus never led a protest against Roman occupation. Jesus didn’t lead a “March on Rome” or carry a sign through downtown Jerusalem protesting Roman oppression. Jesus’ one disruptive action, clearing the Temple, was the restoration of a house of worship so that it could be a house of prayer. And most worryingly, Jesus was routinely gracious to the colonial occupiers and agents of empire like tax collectors and Roman centurions, to say nothing of telling his oppressed countrymen to “love your enemies.” We’ve failed to grasp the exact nature of Jesus’ provocation because of all the snipping that’s been going on. With Old Scratch snipped out of the Gospels, we’ve lost track of what Jesus was up to and why he was killed.
Reviving Old Scratch
Richard Beck
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