Jesus’s case against unity
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In this doozy of a gospel, Jesus seems to support division. What he really supports is freedom and community.
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In this doozy of a gospel, Jesus seems to support division. What he really supports is freedom and community.
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Jesus looks at all of the people and he sees a whole—all of the people together—who need help and people to help.
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“What do we do with division?” The question is so common, yet we hardly question it. But it is based on a faulty assumption.
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Jesus says he came to make us one. Looking around, we can all see that we aren’t. Of course, we could be wrong…
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What does Jesus have in mind for us after he’s gone? A reflection on the Spirit’s role in bringing us together.
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Our understanding of unity is predicated on ideas Jesus seems to reject. Which certainly makes our work more interesting.
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In the Trinity, we have a doctrine of undivided unity. This is actually our roadmap for embodying Christ through the world.
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We keep hearing about how divided we are. That we’re more polarized and uncivil than ever. That we hate each other more. But this isn’t the whole truth. Our division doesn’t come from a common rejection of the common ground. It stems from fundamentalism, which is a fundamentally divisive ideology. Because fundamentalism has to be…