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Trigger warning: We talk a lot about race in this episode.

In this episode we sit down with fellow disciple Christopher Sanchez from the Christiansburg Institute. We talk about race relations, racism, and get to know how Biblical literacy has shaped how Chris works as a community organizer.

The audio is a bit off in some areas and we apologize for that. I promise we're working on it!

Chris's review of Just Mercy: http://covenantcompanion.com/2016/08/03/elusive-justice/

Dr. Cone's books mentioned:

A Black Theology of Liberation: https://www.amazon.com/Cross-Lynching-Tree-James-Cone/dp/1626980055/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1523837312&sr=8-4&keywords=black+liberation+theology

The Cross and the Lynching Tree: https://www.amazon.com/Cross-Lynching-Tree-James-Cone/dp/1626980055/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1523837312&sr=8-4&keywords=black+liberation+theology

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A few thoughts on the bombing of Syria.

Check out https://preemptivelove.org/

In this episode Don and George talk about biblical literacy and offer a way up to read the Bible in what may be for some fresh and new. They also talk about historical/cultural context. It is highly recommended you stick around for the last 20 minutes of the podcast.

Mentioned:

Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy-Jill_Levine

Dr. James Waddell, http://www.etseminary.edu/james-waddell.html

From Text to Tradition, https://www.amazon.com/Tradition-History-Judaism-Second-Rabbinic/dp/0881253723

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In this episode we talk about Easter. While we start off a little flippant/tongue-in-cheek, we dive into some serious stuff pretty quickly.

Show notes:

Book Resources Mentioned Referenced:

The Cross and the Lynching Tree - James Cone

Life Together - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Quotes/Paraphrases:

Soren Kierkegaard: Practice in Christianity, pg. 147

Similarly: “Jesus says, ‘And when I am lifted up from the Earth I shall draw everyone to myself’ as He hangs from His cross with outflung arms, thrown out to clasp all, everyone and everything, in a cosmic embrace, so that all, everyone, everything, belongs. None is an outsider—all are insiders, all belong. There are no aliens—all belong in the one family, God’s family, the human family.”
-Desmond Tutu

Lilla Watson and the Aboriginal activist group in Queensland, Australia, 1970 put forth this quote:

“If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come here because your liberation is bound up in mine, then let us work together.”

Obi Wan Kenobi

MC Hammer

Rabbi Tarfon teaches: Do not be arrogant; do not think that you alone can finish the job. Trust in your children and generations yet unborn to take up the task. Know that you are part of the living chain of people who have dreamed, worked for a better world, and carried on this mission for four thousand years in an unbroken covenant.

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Welcome to Evangebros, a weekly podcast discussing Biblical literacy, historical context and discipleship with your hosts Don M. Schiewer and George Benson.

Listen as the discipler (Don) and the disciple (George) question and discuss topics ranging from specific biblical passages, issues of the day, and how all of that factors into being a disciple in modern day.

For the first podcast episode where we discuss the foundational ideas of the show, 1Kings 19 and Matthew 13:1-23.

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