Is Jesus Really the Center? Unpacking Seven Core Truths for a Unified Church (Unified Series)

Voxology

Society & Culture, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2022

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Discover seven essential ways to understand Jesus at the center of a centered church, and how redefining the Kingdom of God transforms our unity, mission, and understanding of discipleship. Mike and Tim delve deep into what it truly means to have Jesus as the center, exploring the implications for how we live out our faith in community.

Key Takeaways:

• Jesus Is Jewish – Recognizing the importance of Jesus's Jewish identity to fully grasp his teachings and mission within the context of Israel's history.

• The Kingdom of God – Exploring Jesus's central message about the Kingdom and how it redefines salvation as a communal reality rather than an individualistic pursuit.

• The Great Reversal – Examining how Jesus's upside-down Kingdom challenges societal norms, elevating the humble and redefining concepts of power and greatness.

• Conflict with Powers – Discussing how embracing the Kingdom of God leads to inevitable conflict with existing powers and systems, both spiritual and earthly.

• Jesus Reveals the Father – Understanding how Jesus redefines our concept of God by revealing the true character and heart of the Father.

• A Cross-Shaped Life – Learning that the Kingdom of Jesus is cruciform, calling us to a life of self-sacrifice, service, and embodying the way of the cross.

• The Role of Judgment – Considering Jesus's teachings on judgment and the importance of accountability within the Kingdom community.

Resources Mentioned:

• Paul Hiebert – Insights into bounded, fuzzy, and centered set churches. • Mark Baker – Discussions on centered churches and the centrality of Jesus. • N.T. Wright's Works – Contextualizing Jesus within first-century Judaism. • A.J. Levine's Teachings – Understanding Jesus's Jewish context. • "Death by Church" by Mike Erre – Exploring the concept of the Kingdom of God.

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As always, we encourage and would love discussion as we pursue. Feel free to email in questions to hello@voxpodcast.com, 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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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

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Voxology podcast.
0:19.0	We are located at the corner of awesome and relevant Avenue.
0:27.6	And we're actually located at Voxology Podcast.com where you could find our back catalog pictures.
0:35.3	We should see this awesome and relevant.com was available. That may have been better.
0:41.3	So anyway, hello. My name's Mike. This is my friend Tim. Tim is in California. I am in Tennessee.
0:48.8	Between the two of us, we represent really the two entirely different set of political ideologies represented by our state
1:00.0	leaderships. So we figure we got it covered. I want to thank some folks. We are a crowdfunded
1:07.8	nonprofit and we got guess what? I don't know that this has ever
1:14.4	happened we had two people by the name of Quinn join the Patreon team this week
1:20.8	we have two quins so if your name is Quinn I just want to give a huge shout out
1:26.2	first it's a great name. Secondly,
1:28.6	thank you to the two quins that have joined the Patreon team this week. And then we have a
1:34.8	people who give on a different platform called tithe.ly. We call it tithely. You can find out
1:41.9	more about this from our website. But I want to thank Tim and Hillary
1:45.4	and Amanda and Kristen. We could not do this without you all and or y'all. And somebody used
1:53.1	all y'all the other day. And I was like, there it is. That encompasses every single person
1:58.1	in the history of the world. Every group called you all is included in all y'all.
2:05.3	Yeah.
2:06.0	So solid work.
2:08.6	Solid work.
2:09.2	Instead of saying the long word, everyone, you just say, all y'all.
2:13.2	That's right.
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