I listened to this today and it excited me a lot! The Kingdom of God is Jesus biggest metaphor. But, few of Jesus followers today know what it is. Below I linked a 30 min sermon from Brian Zahnd. It’s one of the best I’ve ever heard. I invite you to…
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This Peace Theology category index lists all posts connected to my personal theology.
Theology simply means thinking or talking about the Creator.
Peace in Christianity, according to scripture, means wholeness and exists when all of creation is healed (aka. reconciled). That means reconciliation between human individuals and groups and:
- God
- Ourselves
- Others
- Creation
My peace theology is informed by my Anabaptist-Mennonite heritage, 25 years of reading scripture, 15 years of international travel, and 7 years doing peacebuilding, development and church-planting in armed conflict areas.
This is part 2 of a 2 part series about violence and the early church. Read part 1 “What Did the Early Church Teach about Killing and War? here. On March 12 , 295, Maximilian Victor was a 21 year-old follower of Jesus called to service in the Roman army. He…
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The conflation of political affiliation and religious devotion isn’t new. In fact, it was one of the earliest traps the enemies of Christ tried to ensnare Him with. Part of the reason Jesus infuriated people in power was because He refused to do their bidding. He served a higher calling…
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A photo posted by Melissa Vincent (@misvincent) on Oct 20, 2015 at 4:55am PDT In a discussion about politicians and Christians this became a central question. Christians are not called to imitate Jesus in everything he did. But, Christians are called to do some things he didn’t do, for example, have children. And…
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