- ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE FREE JESUS TEAM
- GENERAL DISCUSSIONS
- 1. Jesus practiced and taught unequivocally about radical inclusion. He hung out with the marginalized and untouchables of his day...women, tax gatherers, prostitutes etc. Would he condone excluding somebody from their fellowship, based on their sexuali
- 2. Jesus was anything but mainstream. He was a rebel. His radical spiritual message had political implications. He challenged the status quo. After the 2004 election, the Radical Right slammed Democrats for being far out of mainstream America. But, w
- 3. Jesus was non-judgmental, and offered forgiveness without declarations of faith. Nobody was denied heaven if they didn't ask Jesus into their hearts. The Religious Right is obsessed with saving souls while seemingly oblivious to the physical sufferin
- 4. Jesus' harshest critiques were reserved for the self-righteous religious/political leaders of the day. He called them hypocrites, and charged that they had lost sight of the spirit of the law; they looked whitewashed but were actually rotting on the i
- 5. Jesus hated injustice. He initiated his ministry by announcing that the kingdom of God is near: freedom for the opressed, sight for the blind and release of the captives. What would Jesus say about the 13 million children in this country who live bel
- 6. Jesus described himself with two words: gentle and humble. And he summed up his message as this Love God with all your heart, soul and mind...and your neighbor as yourself. Would you describe the Religious Right's dogma, based on demonizing the other
- 7. Jesus preached that the good news from God was not just for the powerful men of the day, and not just for Israel. In fact, he spoke of a special place in God's heart for the poor. He invites us to redefine who our neighbor is...and then widen the net
- 8. Jesus offered a radical grace towards women. Jesus allowed women to be his students, disciples and financiers of his ministry, at a time when women were not to be looked at, let alone discussing spiritual concepts. Would he restrict the role of women
- 9. Jesus wasn't a legalist. He was assailed for breaking Sabbath rules to heal a man and the Purity Code to touch and heal a bleeding woman and lepers. He followed the spirit of the law and not the rigid letter of the law. Clearly, healing trumped rule
- 10. Jesus was nonviolent. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus preached love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you.... He challenged the old ways of thinking by discouraging an eye for an eye and encouraging us to turn the
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- ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE FREE JESUS TEAM
- GENERAL DISCUSSIONS
- 1. Jesus practiced and taught unequivocally about radical inclusion. He hung out with the marginalized and untouchables of his day...women, tax gatherers, prostitutes etc. Would he condone excluding somebody from their fellowship, based on their sexuali
- 2. Jesus was anything but mainstream. He was a rebel. His radical spiritual message had political implications. He challenged the status quo. After the 2004 election, the Radical Right slammed Democrats for being far out of mainstream America. But, w
- 3. Jesus was non-judgmental, and offered forgiveness without declarations of faith. Nobody was denied heaven if they didn't ask Jesus into their hearts. The Religious Right is obsessed with saving souls while seemingly oblivious to the physical sufferin
- 4. Jesus' harshest critiques were reserved for the self-righteous religious/political leaders of the day. He called them hypocrites, and charged that they had lost sight of the spirit of the law; they looked whitewashed but were actually rotting on the i
- 5. Jesus hated injustice. He initiated his ministry by announcing that the kingdom of God is near: freedom for the opressed, sight for the blind and release of the captives. What would Jesus say about the 13 million children in this country who live bel
- 6. Jesus described himself with two words: gentle and humble. And he summed up his message as this Love God with all your heart, soul and mind...and your neighbor as yourself. Would you describe the Religious Right's dogma, based on demonizing the other
- 7. Jesus preached that the good news from God was not just for the powerful men of the day, and not just for Israel. In fact, he spoke of a special place in God's heart for the poor. He invites us to redefine who our neighbor is...and then widen the net
- 8. Jesus offered a radical grace towards women. Jesus allowed women to be his students, disciples and financiers of his ministry, at a time when women were not to be looked at, let alone discussing spiritual concepts. Would he restrict the role of women
- 9. Jesus wasn't a legalist. He was assailed for breaking Sabbath rules to heal a man and the Purity Code to touch and heal a bleeding woman and lepers. He followed the spirit of the law and not the rigid letter of the law. Clearly, healing trumped rule
- 10. Jesus was nonviolent. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus preached love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you.... He challenged the old ways of thinking by discouraging an eye for an eye and encouraging us to turn the
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