Paul addresses how the Christian should respond to evil government in Romans 13.

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Paul describes the keys to recognizing the false Christians among us.

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What kind of dialogue does the Gospel of peace have with the state, especially in as dark a political time as the one we find ourselves in? That of obedient supporters of its agendas or of withdrawn resignation to its violence? Jason and Paul discuss the New Testament’s witness (from the Gospels and the epistles) of the Church as a radical alternative Kingdom to Caesar’s, a Kingdom whose prophetic words and life are an engaged critique of the powers of this dark world.

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Subordination is significantly different from unconditional obedience.  Was Christ “obedient” to Rome?  He was killed by Rome.  Romans 13 is not about “blind obedience to the state.”  If that was the case, the Christians would all have been worshiping Caesar.  Paul is rejecting any notion of violent revolution.  Paul has no illusions about Rome being a servant of God, though he does use corrupt nations for his purposes as they remain under his judgment.

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John poses three tests to determine orthodoxy: The moral test (How do you walk in light or darkness?), the social test (Do you continue to fellowship with the saints or are you divisive?) and the doctrinal test (Do you believe that Jesus is Lord and that he was fully human?).

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Paul discusses how our own self-image and the idolatrous image reflect a failed image. The restoration of the image in Christ is actually more of a fulfillment of an original potential.

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In this study John’s opposed pairs are shown to counter dualistic notions in that one pair is always pictured as overcoming the other. Salvation is pictured as entailing a set of practices (walking in the light) that John clearly delineates. Practicing Christianity is already an idea aimed at defeating the dualistic separation of faith and practice.

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Sharon Klingemann, Mazie Sinlee and Paul discuss the lost apostle – Junia. Why has she gone missing and what are the implications of a woman apostle? The discussion is based on Sharon’s research of the subject.

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This conversation between Paul and Jason is inspired by Paul’s essay The Mystery Revealed.  The conversation explores legitimate and illegitimate understandings of the mystery of Christ and focuses largely on pagan understandings of the “idol” and the contrast of the “Image of God” as described by Genesis 1. As the conversation unfolds, what emerges is an understanding of loving God and loving neighbor as self as a restoration of the image of God and a correction of perverse notions of God which are more pagan than Christian.

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Paul begins a Bible study on I John. This introduction covers key ideas leading to universal false teaching as represented by Gnosticism.

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