Tag: Fictive Family Metaphor
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Household: Review of the Role of the Fictive Family Metaphor
We are finished with our review of fictive family and the Household of God. In these concluding posts, I want to reflect on the significance of fictive family and the Household of God for us today. Let's refresh our memories concerning the interpretative role that fictive family and the Household of God played in the…
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Household: Reviewing the Big Picture (Part 2)
Jesus and the New Testament leaders needed ways to express metaphorically the ethos of God's new community. Family and household became dominant metaphors. There were instances of the household image in the Old Testament but nothing like the rich imagery we see in the New Testament. Yet the Jesus movement was not the only one…