A couple of weeks ago, a couple of us from the Kingdom Outpost and That Jesus Podcast had a round-table discussion on the headcovering. It was an enjoyable episode to record, especially in terms of getting to know each other as sisters coming from a variety of cultural and church backgrounds. There really were a range of issues and questions tackled. Wherever you land on this issue, we believe that a thoughtful,…
https://youtu.be/I2DLnRZAAiA TRANSCRIPT: Jesus of Nazareth calls all Christians to love their enemies, and this means Christians, in following Jesus, must reject violence, coercion and war. People have called this position pacifism, nonviolence, nonresistance or enemy love. Jesus taught many things that fly in the face of our natural inclinations. He brought an upside-down kingdom with a value system that is diametrically opposed to the world’s way of doing things. One of his…
Who is Jesus to us? What did He come to earth to do? What does being saved by Jesus mean? For starters, His name, “Jesus Christ”, stands for a lot more than we realize. “Jesus” means “Yahweh is Salvation”. “Christ” comes from the word “Messiah”, or “Anointed One”, which before the time of Jesus referred to the roles of prophet, priest and king that God designated among His people. “Jesus Christ” ,therefore,…