This leaves me to quickly add whatever communities (minorities) have mined the original contexts, words, deeds & example of Jesus (ex. Liberation Theology, Medical Substitution, Restorative Justice, Christus Victor), are accurate to the formation & expression of 1st C believers.
— Lamb's Harbinger (@LambsHarbinger) May 7, 2019
I mean, didn’t Jesus say, “But it shall not be so among you: but whoever will be great among you, let them be your servant/minister;” (Matthew 20:26) and also, …
— Lamb's Harbinger (@LambsHarbinger) May 7, 2019
”Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. And do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ.” (Matthew 23:9-10)
For these reasons, I ultimately reject ALL organized, institutional #churchianity.
— Lamb's Harbinger (@LambsHarbinger) May 7, 2019
If one wishes to overrule the corrupt & oppressive leaders or oligarchs of any society (religious or governmental), then they must appeal to a higher power than the collective of humanity from which those despots arise. #TheNecessityOfGod
— Lamb's Harbinger (@LambsHarbinger) May 9, 2019
A plethora of gods will not do. There is no agreement or lasting harmony between them; they are insufficient to form humanity.
There must be one: the full & exact expression of God, yet able to identity with humanity.
Jesus emerges every time. #JesusIsLord
— Lamb's Harbinger (@LambsHarbinger) May 9, 2019
For those, who say, Jesus’ resurrection was not bodily done, yet claim to be Christian, I would first ask
A. If they have studied what bodily resurrection meant to 1st C ANE society, wherein emperors claimed to be resurrected or reincarnated deity?
B. Then, I’d refer them to…— Lamb's Harbinger (@LambsHarbinger) May 9, 2019
D. Finally, I’d ask them to consider what place physical death holds/held in the psyche of Jesus. If it is “the last enemy,” what hope comes from, “God has raised him from the (metaphorical) dead?” How can that free those, who are kept in slavery due to fearing death. (HEB. 2:15)
— Lamb's Harbinger (@LambsHarbinger) May 9, 2019
