Found in Translation Brandon Johnson & Brandon Rhodes

Paul wasn't only making a passionate theological argument this whole time. It shows up in the nitty-gritty of actual cultural difference: power dynamics, deeply-held customs around food and idols and sex and strangers. And that's how he concludes his letter to the Jesus huddle in Rome.
We take this week as an opportunity to reflect on the entire flow of Romans that leads us to his final arguments, ponder about implications for today, and give this season's parting drop-kick to the ESV to the Apostle Junia.
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Opportunity Walks by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Romans has been a forceful ethical argument from the outset: arguing for a life beyond supremacism, exclusion, and domination that is made possible by God in Jesus Christ. A life together of peace.
And yet Paul still desires to complete his letter with explicit ethical guidance: how to be a people of this kind of peace.
Looming over it all is Rome. What of those who hope in the Pax Romana? Who control their known world? Here we encounter some of Paul's most widely abused language, Romans 13, concerning the power of the state and those who claim to wield violence for public good. Is he endorsing their exclusive claim to violence? Doesn't this give free reign to authoritarians?
Historic translations have bent Paul's words to suggest as much. We call b******t. With the help of historians and political scientists, let's listen deeply for why this isn't a moment of Paul losing the plot. It's deeply subversive, and even a wee bit anarchistic.
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Opportunity Walks by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Translations and interpretations that make entire stretches of Romans incongruous seem to fundamentally be missing something. If your theory can't hold all the data, change the theory, not the data, right?
Can the Liberation & Inclusion Translation help us make better sense of Romans 9 through 11? Will it be part of a seamless letter? We believe it must. It must be heard within Paul's wider insistence that in Christ Jew and Gentile are woven together in one non-hierarchal holy belonging.
Along the way we'll address passages that historically are used to support predestination, God sending people to hell, and other wacky toxic shit.
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Opportunity Walks by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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We can't handle how excited this conversation got us. So many profound shifts come to bear as Paul brings the bulk of his arguments to a crescendo!
more time exploring the oppressive legacy of sarx/flesh through a therapeutic lens;the full-hearted rebuke of accusation and judgement in those animated by Life-Breath;"everything collaborates for the benefit of those who love God" is leagues and miles better than "God works in all things for the good of those who love him;" andhow this all ties together the letter's deeper community-related pleas....
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Opportunity Walks by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Reflections on how deviation/sin lives within our bodies, if at all, have been sources of tremendous shame, self-distrust, and sex-negativity for centuries. Are we unable to trust our bodily desires? How do we learn to live with them? Shouldn't cues from our body be helpful, not harmful? And might there be a word-play afoot here that speaks to how our group identities ("my flesh and blood") may also be places of antagonism and deviation?
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Opportunity Walks by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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You won't find "The Law" in the LIT Bible because a timeless, pristine moral law floating above and condemning all humanity has nothing to do with the early Christian mindset. What they were much more concerned with was what to do with Torah, the sacred writings of Jesus' own people.
Jewish folk outside of their homeland equated reading Torah together to being in the Temple itself! Its practice, memory, and presence were fundamental to their community identity. No wonder the early Christians had to spend so much time sorting out Torah's relationship to Jesus' death and their life together. Paul spent a lot of time trying to mine meaning from the mess, and along the way help the tiny communities across the empire grow in love and faithfulness.
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Opportunity Walks by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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