Tag: Isaiah 42

Household: Jesus and Fictive Family (Part 3)

Jul 11, 2007

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mwkruse

in Culture, History, Series: Household of God, Sociology, Theology

Characterizing God Over the last two posts, we have seen how Jesus used the idea of fictive family to talk about the relationship of his followers to each other and God. We have seen how Jesus casts God as the paterfamilias and us as his children. We become brothers and sisters of each other. But…
Theology and Economics: The New (Jeru)shalom

Mar 1, 2006

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mwkruse

in Eschatology, Jubilee, Series: Theology and Economics, Theology

When Jesus arrived on the scene, the Jews were looking for a messiah to gather all the Jews to Israel, overthrow the oppressors, and restore shalom. Exactly how this would happen and when was a much-contested issue. Still, these three elements were prominent within most Jewish eschatology. The gospel of Luke takes the story of…