What are the responsibilities of an Old Testament prophet? Overall it was to call people to convert. Old Testament prophets could fulfill their responsibilities by lording sinner’s guilt over them. They could threaten doom until offenders repented. Jesus’ witness was not centered on guilt or doom or harm of any type. Jesus was instead centered … Continue reading “Reaching Out in Truth”
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Church
People’s movements often start in someone’s house, usually around the kitchen table. They tend to bubble up with free flowing conversations and a vision for change. Little by little such movements spread. They can spread so far and wide and deep as to diminish empire. Protectors of empire, more truthfully those who are imprisoned by … Continue reading “Church”