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The Victory of the Lamb

Jonathan Storment — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:31:11 +0000

In High School when I read Revelation, I remember being struck by how violent it all was. But Revelation is doing war against violence itself. It is subverting the very thing that our human condition is built upon. Might makes right, Power is Victory. Revelation tells us the Gospel doesn't agree, and it's subverts violence itself.

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Can I Get a Witness?

Jonathan Storment — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:57:59 +0000

As we read through the book of Revelation, we would do good to remind ourselves that this letter isn't written to us, at least not directly they way we think about it. It was first written to Jesus followers who lived in the world ruled by Rome. They were misunderstood, for the most part they lived in poverty and on the margins, they were beginning to be hated and persecuted, and so God gives John a vision for them.

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More Than Civil

Jonathan Storment — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:00:27 +0000

What stands out about Dr. King in this video is how he treated these people, and how he responded to the face of some pretty insidious seeming questions. He was extremely civil. In our day, these kinds of conversations would have been filled with lots of yelling and red-faced name calling. But that wasn't what Dr. King's dream was.

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Separation for Church and State

Jonathan Storment — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:30:39 +0000

I don't know if you've noticed but lately it seems like the amount of scandals among politicians and public leaders have gone up exponentially. We tweet dirty pictures, or have sex with pages, or leave our wives for women in Southern America, or yell "You lie" at the President. It's getting ugly out there. We don't just need a particular kind of ideology in politics. We need a particular kind of person.

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Imagination Over Politics

Jonathan Storment — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:40:08 +0000

Artist haven't been created in our churches because politics don't mix well with imagination. And when the political narrative becomes the main one in our blood stream watch the artists start to die off, or go away.

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