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2025-04-16T18:05:36-04:00

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Original Good News Was About a Resurrection Not a Cross

Last updated on: April 16, 2025 at 6:05 pm By Herb Montgomery

The cross has been the symbol of salvation in Christianity for two millennia. The original good news was not a cross. It was a resurrection. Read more

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Myth of Redemptive Suffering

2025-04-10T21:05:29-04:00

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If You Want Peace, Work for Justice

Last updated on: April 10, 2025 at 9:05 pm By Herb Montgomery

Moving from teaching to protest happens in the story on the back of a young donkey because peace through justice doesn’t need a war horse. Read more

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2025-04-10T21:05:23-04:00

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Achieving Peace Through Distributive Justice

Last updated on: April 10, 2025 at 9:05 pm By Herb Montgomery

This kind of peace and liberation will not come stronger violence, but through the holistic and intrinsic work of a distributive justice. Read more

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2025-04-09T19:30:30-04:00

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Peace Through Justice Doesn’t Need A War Horse

Last updated on: April 9, 2025 at 7:30 pm By Herb Montgomery

The prophets envisioned a different kind of peace achieved through a different type of means. Peace through justice doesn’t need a war horse. Read more

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2025-04-03T17:36:37-04:00

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Poverty is a By-product of the System

Last updated on: April 3, 2025 at 5:36 pm By Herb Montgomery

Poverty is a by-product of the system in which we live. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the action of human beings Read more

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2025-04-03T17:36:30-04:00

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Mary Magdalene Was Not a Prostitute

Last updated on: April 3, 2025 at 5:36 pm By Herb Montgomery

Characterizing Mary Magdalene as a prostitute advanced the goals of disparaging women as leaders in the Western Christian church. Read more

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2025-04-02T08:33:30-04:00

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Mary, Patriarchy and the War on Women in Leadership

Last updated on: April 2, 2025 at 8:33 am By Herb Montgomery

Our story this week involving Mary was used to disparage women leaders within Christianity toward a purely patriarchal form. Read more

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2025-03-27T11:58:39-04:00

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The Prodigal Teaches We Aren’t Great Until Everyone Is Great

Last updated on: March 27, 2025 at 11:58 am By Herb Montgomery

It wasn’t enough to enable more people to compete for power. The prodigal story envisions a world where we rise by lifting each other up. Read more

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2025-03-27T11:58:41-04:00

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When ‘Sinner’ Just Meant ‘Poor’ in Jesus’ Day

Last updated on: March 27, 2025 at 11:58 am By Herb Montgomery

They were simply different. Applying the term sinner to this group only served to socially and politically marginalize. Read more

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2025-03-26T19:52:08-04:00

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Social Justice Lessons from the Prodigal Son

Last updated on: March 26, 2025 at 7:52 pm By Herb Montgomery

In the prodigal story, the label “sinner” was assigned to anyone being politically or socially marginalized. Read more

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