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preaching and eucharist
  in a declining empire
Empire can be defined in various ways. Duane Clinker offers three
characteristics:
    1. An empire expands beyond normal boundaries, so its national
      interests extend to include military installations abroad, multinational
      corporations owned by the empire’s citizens, and the interests of its
      allies.
    2. An empire normally develops extraordinary military power.
    3. An empire exerts its influence in a variety of ways—through
      economics, culture, religion, education, and politics.

David Korten offers four characteristics of an empire:
   1. Empires embrace the idea of material luxury and excess for the ruling
     classes.
   2. Empires are dedicated to absolute military supremacy.
   3. Empires emphasize the masculine values of violence and domination
     over the feminine values of nurture and cooperation.
   4. Empires create a ceiling for human development and impede
     development beyond their current level.
Responses to Empire:
                         Zealots
                       Pharisees
        Herodians and Sadducees
                        Essenes

                       Disciples
Stages of Empire
                Expansion

       Struggle/Recovery

          Over-extension

     Divestment/Collapse
How would you expect an
 empire to behave after it
   has passed its prime?
Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in
the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called
the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands—
remember that you were at that time separated from
Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and
strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope
and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus
you who once were far off have been brought near by the
blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has
made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the
dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of
commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might
create in himself one new humanity in place of the two,
so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in
one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.
And he came and preached peace to you who
were far off and peace to those who were near. For
through him we both have access in one Spirit to the
Father. So then you are no longer strangers and
aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and
members of the household of God, built on the
foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ
Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the
whole structure, being joined together, grows into a
holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being
built together into a dwelling place for God by the
Spirit.
Preaching peace ...

- Preaching peace through a crucified
man (not a crucifying man).
- Preaching peace through a way of love
& service (not conquest & domination).
- Preaching peace with a rhetoric of
vulnerability (not coercive speech).
- Preaching peace with a call to
repentance (not convention)
Preaching peace ...

Preaching peace through an act of
guerrilla theatercalled ...
Preaching peace ...

Preaching peace through an act of
guerrilla theatercalled ...

                          liturgy.
Preaching and eucharist in declining empire
What are we singing?
Harmony, poetry, and hostility
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful:
The Lord God made them all.
                - Cecil Alexander (1848)
Each little flower that opens,/ Each little bird that sings,/
He made their glowing colors./ He made their tiny
wings.
The purple headed mountains,/ The river running by,/
The sunset and the morning/ That brightens up the sky.
The cold wind in the winter,/ The pleasant summer sun,/
The ripe fruits in the garden,/ He made them every one.
The tall trees in the greenwood,/The meadows where we
play,/ The rushes by the water,/ To gather every day.
He gave us eyes to see them,/ And lips that we might
tell/ How great is God Almighty,/ Who has made all
things well.
The rich man in his castle,
The poor man at his gate,
He made them, high or lowly,
And ordered their estate.
          All things bright and beautiful,
           All creatures great and small,
          All things wise and wonderful:
           The Lord God made them all.
Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as
to war,
With the cross of Jesus going on before.
Christ, the royal master, leads against the
foe;
Forward into battle see his banners go!
                   -Sabine Baring-Gould
John the Baptist:
Baptism, Identity, and Hostility
Baptism wasn’t radical. Ceremonial
washings were commonplace in Judaism.
What would a ceremonial washing mean
  in terms of identity... overseen by the
      priests, before entering the temple
                                precincts?
What would it mean for John to leave
      Jerusalem to baptize?
Where did John baptize?


  in the wilderness, at the
                   Jordan -
         not in the temple.
He was the son of a priest
operating outside the
priestly system.
But John did not join a
community of Essenes
either ...




    They created closed,
  hyper-exclusive, hyper-
      puritan apocalyptic
      communities in the
              wilderness.
John chose a river ... in a public place.
What does it mean, then,
for Jesus to accept John’s
baptism?
What would it
     mean for the
Spirit in the form
      of a dove to
   descend upon
            Jesus?
In Christ ...


neither Jew nor Greek ...

                male nor female ...

                              slave nor free ...
In Christ (in the kingdom) ...


neither Jew nor Greek ...

           male nor female ...

                            slave nor free ...

A new citizenship, a new identity, a new
solidarity.
Preaching and eucharist in declining empire
The Eucharist:


 Table of Fellowship
In the empire, life is a war.
Life is a meal ... a table ... a banquet
We are reconciled ... with God, with
ourselves, with our neighbors, with our
enemies, with all creation.
In John’s gospel:


Bread as manna ...
Food for a journey of liberation ... en
   route to a new land, a new way of
                                life ...
For Paul ...
Eucharist as passover ... not day of
 atonement.
                 Meal of liberation ...
               Meal of anticipation ...
Meal of unity ...
        Meal of solidarity ...
             Meal of one-anotherness
        Meal of Exodus from empire
All things bright and beautiful,

All creatures great and small,

All things wise and wonderful:

The Lord God made them all.

                 - Cecil Alexander (1848)
Therefore, since we are receiving a
kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us
be thankful, and so worship God
acceptably with reverence and awe ...
                            Hebrews 12
Preaching and eucharist in declining empire
Preaching and eucharist in declining empire
Colossians 1:15-20
Christ is the image of the
God who can’t be seen.

Christ is the image of the
God who can’t be seen.

   The firstborn of all
   creation.
In him all things were created.
     Things in heaven and on
     earth -
     Things visible and invisible -
     Whether thrones or
     dominions, rulers or powers.
Through him all things have
been created.
For him all things have been
created.
And he is before all things.
   All things hold together in
   him.
And he is the head of the
body, the church.
He is the beginning, the
    firstborn from the dead.
So in everything he has the first
place.
    For in him all the fullness -
    The fullness of God -
    Was pleased to dwell.
In Him God was pleased to
reconcile all things
    All things to himself,
    All things on earth,
    all things in heaven,
By making peace through the
blood of his cross.
By making peace through the
blood of his cross.
Christ is the image of the
God who can’t be seen.
Christ is the image of the
God who can’t be seen.
Amen.
Preaching and eucharist in declining empire
Therefore remember that at one time you
Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by
what is called the circumcision, which is made in the
flesh by hands— remember that you were at that
time separated from Christ, alienated from the
commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the
covenants of promise, having no hope and without
God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who
once were far off have been brought near by the
blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has
made us both one and has broken down in his flesh
the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of
commandments expressed in ordinances, that he
might create in himself one new man in place of the
two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to
God in one body through the cross, thereby killing
the hostility.
And he came and preached peace to you who
were far off and peace to those who were near. For
through him we both have access in one Spirit to the
Father. So then you are no longer strangers and
aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and
members of the household of God, built on the
foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ
Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the
whole structure, being joined together, grows into a
holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being
built together into a dwelling place for God by the
Spirit.
Preaching and eucharist in declining empire
Preaching and eucharist in declining empire
Preaching and eucharist in declining empire

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Preaching and eucharist in declining empire

  • 1. preaching and eucharist in a declining empire
  • 2. Empire can be defined in various ways. Duane Clinker offers three characteristics: 1. An empire expands beyond normal boundaries, so its national interests extend to include military installations abroad, multinational corporations owned by the empire’s citizens, and the interests of its allies. 2. An empire normally develops extraordinary military power. 3. An empire exerts its influence in a variety of ways—through economics, culture, religion, education, and politics. David Korten offers four characteristics of an empire: 1. Empires embrace the idea of material luxury and excess for the ruling classes. 2. Empires are dedicated to absolute military supremacy. 3. Empires emphasize the masculine values of violence and domination over the feminine values of nurture and cooperation. 4. Empires create a ceiling for human development and impede development beyond their current level.
  • 3. Responses to Empire: Zealots Pharisees Herodians and Sadducees Essenes Disciples
  • 4. Stages of Empire Expansion Struggle/Recovery Over-extension Divestment/Collapse
  • 5. How would you expect an empire to behave after it has passed its prime?
  • 6. Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.
  • 7. And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
  • 8. Preaching peace ... - Preaching peace through a crucified man (not a crucifying man). - Preaching peace through a way of love & service (not conquest & domination). - Preaching peace with a rhetoric of vulnerability (not coercive speech). - Preaching peace with a call to repentance (not convention)
  • 9. Preaching peace ... Preaching peace through an act of guerrilla theatercalled ...
  • 10. Preaching peace ... Preaching peace through an act of guerrilla theatercalled ... liturgy.
  • 12. What are we singing? Harmony, poetry, and hostility
  • 13. All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful: The Lord God made them all. - Cecil Alexander (1848)
  • 14. Each little flower that opens,/ Each little bird that sings,/ He made their glowing colors./ He made their tiny wings. The purple headed mountains,/ The river running by,/ The sunset and the morning/ That brightens up the sky. The cold wind in the winter,/ The pleasant summer sun,/ The ripe fruits in the garden,/ He made them every one. The tall trees in the greenwood,/The meadows where we play,/ The rushes by the water,/ To gather every day. He gave us eyes to see them,/ And lips that we might tell/ How great is God Almighty,/ Who has made all things well.
  • 15. The rich man in his castle, The poor man at his gate, He made them, high or lowly, And ordered their estate. All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful: The Lord God made them all.
  • 16. Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus going on before. Christ, the royal master, leads against the foe; Forward into battle see his banners go! -Sabine Baring-Gould
  • 17. John the Baptist: Baptism, Identity, and Hostility
  • 18. Baptism wasn’t radical. Ceremonial washings were commonplace in Judaism.
  • 19. What would a ceremonial washing mean in terms of identity... overseen by the priests, before entering the temple precincts?
  • 20. What would it mean for John to leave Jerusalem to baptize?
  • 21. Where did John baptize? in the wilderness, at the Jordan - not in the temple. He was the son of a priest operating outside the priestly system.
  • 22. But John did not join a community of Essenes either ... They created closed, hyper-exclusive, hyper- puritan apocalyptic communities in the wilderness.
  • 23. John chose a river ... in a public place.
  • 24. What does it mean, then, for Jesus to accept John’s baptism?
  • 25. What would it mean for the Spirit in the form of a dove to descend upon Jesus?
  • 26. In Christ ... neither Jew nor Greek ... male nor female ... slave nor free ...
  • 27. In Christ (in the kingdom) ... neither Jew nor Greek ... male nor female ... slave nor free ... A new citizenship, a new identity, a new solidarity.
  • 29. The Eucharist: Table of Fellowship
  • 30. In the empire, life is a war.
  • 31. Life is a meal ... a table ... a banquet
  • 32. We are reconciled ... with God, with ourselves, with our neighbors, with our enemies, with all creation.
  • 33. In John’s gospel: Bread as manna ... Food for a journey of liberation ... en route to a new land, a new way of life ...
  • 34. For Paul ... Eucharist as passover ... not day of atonement. Meal of liberation ... Meal of anticipation ...
  • 35. Meal of unity ... Meal of solidarity ... Meal of one-anotherness Meal of Exodus from empire
  • 36. All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful: The Lord God made them all. - Cecil Alexander (1848)
  • 37. Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe ... Hebrews 12
  • 41. Christ is the image of the God who can’t be seen. Christ is the image of the God who can’t be seen. The firstborn of all creation.
  • 42. In him all things were created. Things in heaven and on earth - Things visible and invisible - Whether thrones or dominions, rulers or powers. Through him all things have been created. For him all things have been created.
  • 43. And he is before all things. All things hold together in him. And he is the head of the body, the church.
  • 44. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead. So in everything he has the first place. For in him all the fullness - The fullness of God - Was pleased to dwell.
  • 45. In Him God was pleased to reconcile all things All things to himself, All things on earth, all things in heaven, By making peace through the blood of his cross. By making peace through the blood of his cross.
  • 46. Christ is the image of the God who can’t be seen. Christ is the image of the God who can’t be seen. Amen.
  • 48. Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.
  • 49. And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.

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