Sermon Illustrations on Alternative Community
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💬theological quoteReformed
Walter Brueggemann on Non-Conformity to Empire - Progressive (Romans 12:1-2)
"'Do not be conformed to this world'—this is resistance to empire, to consumerism, to the values of domination. The renewed mind sees through propaganda and imagines alternatives. Transformation is po
non-conformityempireresistanceRomans 12:2
adults
💬theological quoteAnabaptist
Stanley Hauerwas on Alternative Community - Anabaptist (Matthew 5:14-16)
"The city on a hill is the church—an alternative polis visible to the world. Our communal life IS the light: peacemaking, mutual aid, reconciliation. The church does not have a social ethic; it IS a s
alternativepoliscommunalMatthew 5:14-16
adults