Sunday, November 13, 2011

One



"You are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourself with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, Slave nor Free, Male nor Female, Black nor White, Rich nor Poor, Republican nor Democrat, Conservative nor Liberal, Orthodox nor Heretic, Catholic nor Protestant, Fundamentalist nor Emergent, Citizen nor Alien, Capitalist nor Communist, Gay nor Straight, Beautiful nor Ugly, Married nor Single, Theist nor Atheist, Religious nor Non-Religious, American nor Iraqi, Christian nor Muslim, Terrorist nor Freedom Fighter, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."
-Galatians 3:26-29 (Re-interpreted from the NIV)

"Here Christianity is not yet another positive identity/worldview/mythology that can be placed alongside all others but is rather the name we give to the act of laying these down. The Christian community is not then distinct because it embraced yet another identity, but rather is unique in the way that it's members lay down the various identities that would otherwise define them." - Peter Rollins (Insurrection)

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