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Essays

The Politics of Confrontation and Promise—Micah 6:1-8 (Benjamin Kautzer)

True worship has little to do with the ‘commodification’ of liturgy; it has everything to do with the performative embodiment of God’s redemptive narrative through justice, mercy and fidelity.

The Politics of Inauguration and Surrender—Matthew 4:12-23 (Fritz Wendt)

The call of Jesus to his disciples required a surrender of all they had previously understood their identities to be.

The Politics of the Lamb of God—John 1:29-42 (Amy Allen)

John the Baptist presents Jesus as the Lamb of God, an identification continued in the book of Revelation. Looking to the Lamb, rather than to the great and powerful Beasts, should inform our politics as Christians.