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Who am I?
By Jeremy | March 23, 2007
"i speak as a christian- one whose commitment to democracy is very deep but whose christian convictions are deeper. democracy is not my faith. and american democracy is not my idol. to see the gospel of jesus christ bastardized by imperial christians and pulverized by constantinian believers and then exploited by nihilistic elites of the american empire makes my blood boil. to be a christian- a follower of jesus christ- is to love wisdom, love justice, and love freedom. this is the radical love in christian freedom and the radical freedom in christian love that embraces socratic questioning, prophetic witness, and tragicomic hope. if christians do not exemplify this love and freedom, then we side with the nihilists of the roman empire (cowardly elite romans and subjugated jews) who put jesus to a humiliating death. instead of receiving his love in freedom as a life-enhancing gift of grace, we end up believing in the idols of the empire that nailed him to the cross. i do not want to be numbered among those who sold their souls for a mess of pottage- who surrendered their democratic christian identity for a comfortable place at the table of the american empire while, like lazarus, the least of these cried out and i was too intoxicated with worldly power and might to hear, beckon, and heed their cries. to be a christian is to live dangerously, honestly, freely- to step in the name of love as if you may land on nothing, yet to keep on stepping because the something that sustains you no empire can give you and no empire can take away. this is the kind of vision and courage required to enable the renewal of prophetic, democratic christian identity in the age of the american empire.â€ÂCoffee at Starbucks to anyone who emails me the correct answer before checking out the dude who tipped me off to this (you're on your word that the email comes first). Hint: I saw this man crossing the street headed to Cooper Union last Friday night.
Topics: faith, justice, quotes | 3 Comments »
March 23rd, 2007 at 5:37 pm
You set me up…you knew that I couldn’t pass up on this one.
Is the answer Cornel West? it sounds just like him.
After a Sunday service a few weeks ago I saw him in front of AGM trying to catch a yellow cab. He had just lectured at Cooper and when I got to the corner, after screaming his name from half way up the block, we greeted each other with a strong hand shake and a big hug. Now…Let’s drink!
March 24th, 2007 at 6:42 pm
CoCo, it took me almost 2 1/2 years, but I finally baited you into a comment. Sweet! Now that the ice is broken, come back and speak up anytime. Heh
March 24th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
No it wasn’t
It was me…
I get the Starbucks, I told Coco, yeah thats it…
Hey.