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blessed are the spiritual losers

On 16 June, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The Sermon on the Mount is a radically subversive manifesto of the ways of Jesus’ Kingdom.

And it starts with the key message: blessed are those who struggle.

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
– Heaven belongs to those whose spirits are broken, empty or [...]

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brokenness and the empire

On 11 May, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Rome had it all together. Or so they wanted everyone to see.

That’s part of empire thinking. Making sure everyone knows you are the biggest, best, strongest, most together thing in town.

Empires don’t have problems. (System problems are hidden, people problems are cast out and anyone who talks about either is punished.)

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the empire

On 10 May, 2010 · 2 Comments

Jesus talked a lot about the Kingdom of God during his time on Earth. Which is pretty revolutionary in and of itself.

And it really starts to get interesting when you compare the Kingdom of God against the texture of the empire during Jesus day.

Because the message of the Kingdom was delivered in a [...]

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