E70 - The Cross, the Self, and the Other (Exclusion and Embrace, part 1)

Miroslav Volf argues that the cross should be at the center of Christian identity. He believes that the self-giving love of God made so apparent in the crucifixion of Jesus is the model by which all Christians should live. If this is true, how to do we live this out? What does it mean to give of ourselves like Jesus did? How do we balance that with self-care and preventing burnout? Or should we? Come join the conversation!

 

Current Series: Exclusion and Embrace. Read and follow along!

Volf, Miroslav. Exclusion and Embrace, Revised and Updated: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation (https://a.co/d/5MXIt5I)

 

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Books Mentioned on the Podcast

Brueggemann, Walter. Sabbath as Resistance (New Edition): Saying No to the Culture of Now (https://a.co/d/bTlDCbh)

Cone, James H. The Cross and the Lynching Tree (https://a.co/d/ejXHLsa)

Fujimura, Makoto. Culture Care: Reconnecting with Beauty for Our Common Life (https://a.co/d/5qRVKke)

Gorman, Michael. Cruciformity: Paul’s Narrative Spirituality of the Cross (https://a.co/d/8ekbu45)