Forsaking Power Over: Embracing the Cruciform Way of Jesus (To Be Human Series)

Voxology

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 20 May 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Mike and Tim delve into the concept of cruciformity, exploring how the church can move away from "power over" dynamics and embrace the "power with" approach exemplified by Jesus and Paul. They discuss the misuse of power within Christian communities, the meaning of living a cruciform life, and how this shift challenges entitlement and the quest for control.

Key Takeaways:

Understanding Cruciformity – How Jesus's self-emptying and humility serve as a pattern for believers to forsake entitlement and embrace self-expenditure for the sake of others.
Power Over vs. Power With – Analyzing the difference between worldly power that coerces and godly power that collaborates, and why the church should reject power over in favor of power with.
Paul's Leadership Example – Discussing how Paul exemplified cruciform leadership by boasting in weakness and rejecting social prestige to rely on God's power.
Challenging Entitlement in the Church – Confronting issues of entitlement and misuse of power within Christian communities, and how adopting a cruciform approach can lead to transformation.

Resources Mentioned:

David Fitch's "Reckoning with Power" – [Link]
Philippians 2:5-11 – The Hymn of Christ's Humility – [Link]
"The Holy Post" Podcast – [Link]

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As always, we encourage and would love discussion as we pursue. Feel free to email in questions to [email protected], and to engage the conversation on Facebook and Instagram.

We're on YouTube (if you're into that kinda thing): VOXOLOGY TV.

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Support the Voxology Podcast on Patreon

The Voxology Spotify channel can be found here: Voxology Radio

Follow Mike on Twitter: www.twitter.com/mikeerre

Music in this episode by Timothy John Stafford

Instagram & Twitter: @GoneTimothy

Transcript

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Voxalogy podcast, Mike Erie, Tim Stafford.
0:19.6	We've got a whole bunch of things to catch up on.
0:22.1	First of all, I have food in my teeth, so I've got to take care of that.
0:29.5	Secondly, Seth Erie today, I was just telling Tim, Seth Erie today, We had Special Olympics, yes, two days ago.
0:39.3	Seth Theory rocking the softball throw and the 100 meter dash.
0:43.2	And by rocking, I mean finishing.
0:45.8	So, and then today he has, it's called the Grove Games.
0:52.4	He goes to a little school named Poplar Grove.
0:56.3	And so the Grove games is where they honor the whole school honors the special Olympic
1:01.2	athletes.
1:02.4	And at the end of that honoring Seth Erie is going to perform Josh Grobens.
1:09.0	You lift me up.
1:10.5	Yeah.
1:12.7	Which is going to have to end up on our Instagram.
1:20.8	Just. Oh, my goodness. F.I. I mean, he was so, he's been, he's been preparing for this forever.
1:26.4	And, and if you know our little dude, if you're new to the podcast, my 15-year-old son is named Seth.
1:35.5	He has Down syndrome, and he is the closest thing we have to a rock star on the Voxology podcast.
1:39.1	And he will have the entire school up and waving their arms.
1:41.8	And it will be magnificent.
1:42.6	So that's coming.
1:45.9	So I've got a firm hour for our podcast today.
1:54.2	You, we have, we got to talk about the non-ference a little bit, but you went to see Pearl Jam in Sacramento.
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