Early in the book of Acts, we are given a glimpse of the Jesus movement in the city of Jerusalem in the weeks and months after his execution. Their life together reflected the contours of the ministry Jesus proclaimed among the peasants of Galilee: love one another, care for one another, support one another, and […]
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Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me. —Jesus, according to Matthew
This story is, of course, a metaphor, a kind of lengthy parable about life inside and outside of the kingdom of God. It speaks to the essence of following Jesus in the here and now, regardless of future rewards or punishment. The important thing is to demonstrate compassion and empathy in both our personal and political lives.
The vast majority of 12,000 Protestant pastors in the Nazi-controlled church remained silent in the face of increasing tyranny.
I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to “order” than to justice. —Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (1963) I wish you […]
Compassion is a feeling of empathy with the suffering of others, the capacity to feel how others feel. The Latin root of the word compassion is a compound of com (with) and passio (suffer), which gives us the meaning to suffer with. Compassion is entering into the pain of another. It is feeling the suffering […]
Jesus was confronted with a monarchy in Galilee, an oligarchy in Jerusalem, and a dictatorship in Rome. Biblical scholar Walter Wink has referred to these societies as manifestations of an enduring “domination system” that had been part of the human story since the rise of civilization in the ancient Near East.
The time is fulfilled, the kingdom is at hand. (Mark 1:15) The kingdom of God has come upon you. (Luke 11:20) The kingdom of God is among you. (Luke 17:21) The kingdom of God is spread out upon the earth, and men do not see it. (Gospel of Thomas 11) At the heart of the […]
According to the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke), sometime in his third year of healing and teaching in Galilee, after building the core of his movement, Jesus set his sights on the city of Jerusalem in Judea. The gospel writers each devoted one-quarter to one-third of their tales to the final week in the […]
Now large crowds were travelling with him; and he turned and said to them, ‘Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. —Luke 14:25–27 […]
Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue. — Deuteronomy 16:20 (the Law) What does the Lord require of you but to do justice? — Micah 6:8 (the Prophets) Strive first for the reign of God and God’s justice. — Matthew 6:33 (the Gospels) Was Jesus a law-abiding citizen? Or did he teach us to step […]
