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Ignored Egalitarian Themes of the Gospels

“Is there anything life-giving we could take from this section of our reading? I do find it puzzling that these themes starkly contrast with how some Christians today in the U.S. are seeking political power to enforce their own interpretations of morality on society rather than seeking more effective ways to serve and lift the burdens of those who are most harmed by our systems.”

All Are Invited, Not All Are Welcome

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Safe-for-Everyone Interpretations and Practices

February 3, 2023
Herb Montgomery
Esights, Interfaith, Liberation Theology

“What does this mean for us? It means that we can do with the Jesus story today what those in the 1st Century were doing with the Torah. We can learn to interpret the Jesus story in life-giving ways, listening to the world around us and the harm previous interpretations have caused. We can think carefully, not just theologically but socially, politically, and economically . . . we can grapple with the ethics of the Jesus story in our cultural context today and find more life-giving ways of defining what it means to follow Jesus.”

No Serif of the Law to Fall

September 22, 2017
Herb Montgomery
Esights, LGBTQ Affirmation, Sayings Gospel Q

by Herb Montgomery Interpretations are not eternal. They change with time. As we see the harmful fruit of present interpretations, we can make those interpretations give way to new ones, in the hope that new interpretations will bear the fruit…

Since John the Kingdom of God

September 8, 2017
Herb Montgomery
Esights, Liberation Theology, Nonviolence, Sayings Gospel Q, Social Gospel

by Herb Montgomery "It’s one thing to mistake something bad as good. It’s quite another to mistake the Sprit’s work of liberating and re-humanizing those who have been dehumanized and objectified as an evil that should be opposed. This is…