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Walter Brueggemann on Alternative Community - Progressive (1 Peter 2:9)

Source: Walter Brueggemann46 words

"A chosen people, a holy nation—this is identity formed against empire. We are not citizens of Babylon first but priests of the Most High. Our royal identity subverts earthly hierarchies; every believer is priest, mediating God's justice to the world." — Walter Brueggemann. Progressive: counter-imperial identity.

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1 Peter 2:9

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