Peacemaking Amidst Conflict: Embracing Jesus's Approach to Shame and Enemy Love (Unified Series)

Voxology

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2022

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Mike Erre and Tim Stafford dive deep into how followers of Jesus can navigate the complexities of war, violence, and shame in our modern world. Reflecting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, they discuss the challenges of peacemaking, the importance of enemy love, and how Jesus's approach to shame can transform our responses to conflict. Continuing their Centered Set Series, they unpack the difference between disintegrative and reintegrative shaming, and explore how a centered church can operate from a place of security rather than fear.

Key Takeaways:

• Peacemaking in a Violent World – Understanding the role of Christians in responding to war and violence with enemy love and nonviolence.

• Jesus's Approach to Shame – Exploring how Jesus joins the marginalized in their shame to restore and reconcile, rather than exclude.

• Disintegrative vs. Reintegrative Shaming – Differentiating between shaming that stigmatizes and excludes versus shaming that seeks to heal and restore relationships.

• Centered Set Dynamics – Discussing how centered churches, focused on Jesus, can foster security, inclusivity, and transformative community dynamics.

• The Bible's Role in Community – Examining how different approaches to scripture (bounded, centered, fuzzy) impact church culture and practices.

Guest Highlights:

Seth Erre – Mike's son joins the conversation, bringing joy and a special blessing at the end of the episode.

Resources Mentioned:

• Habakkuk 1 – Habakkuk 1

• Luke 19:41-44 – Jesus's lament over Jerusalem. Luke 19:41-44

• Will Willimon's Reflections on 9/11 – America's greatest Christological defeat

• Shane Claiborne's Statement on Peacemaking – What Does It Mean to Be a Peacemaker?

• Dallas Willard's Teachings – Concepts from The Divine Conspiracy and more.

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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.

Our Merch Store! ETSY

Learn more about the Voxology Podcast

Subscribe on iTunes or Spotify

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	Michael Erie, Timothy Stafford, and a special guest coming from a germ-infested,
0:09.3	congestion-filled, mucus-producing face.
0:14.7	Ladies and gentlemen, Seth, Thomas, Charles, Bob, Irie.
0:19.6	Hey-yo.
0:22.6	How you doing, buddy? Good.
0:23.6	Good.
0:24.6	We've been home all week together.
0:25.6	Yep.
0:26.6	We don't have COVID, which is great.
0:27.6	Nope.
0:28.6	So, but we've got some sort of sickness.
0:30.6	You've been more sick than you have in a while.
0:32.6	I know.
0:33.6	What do you've been doing?
0:34.6	When you're sick, what do you do?
0:36.6	Ah. Do you play a lot? I know. What do you been doing when you're sick? What do you do? Uh.
0:38.3	Do you play a lot or do you kind of just sit and and
0:44.3	You play the floppy?
0:46.3	Yes.
0:47.3	Yep, and we love the magic eraser.
0:50.3	Right? Which, by the way, is, so a floppy, for those of you that don't know,
0:58.4	a floppy is a way that Seth manages sensory input and it usually involves some sort of rope or
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