The Resurrection Of Jesus In The Avant Garde
Avant-Garde
This week’s Easter Sunday sermon was “Avant-Garde." “Avant-Garde” is a French word with Latin roots meaning “advance guard.” If you saw the advance guard,” that is., “the Avant-Garde” of Cavalry coming down the pike, you knew the Army was close behind.
Think of the resurrection of Jesus as the Avant-Garde event in human history and life. Resurrection reveals to us what is coming down the pike: Resurrection. Paul compares the resurrection of Jesus to the fruit that came out early, and gave notice to the full harvest yet to come (1 Corinthians 15:19-26). I note that only the future will reveal the truthfulness of resurrection
The hope of resurrection of Jesus is more than a future fire insurance policy. It is also hope …show more content…
By the way, I do not mean keeping up with the latest fashion or art movement; rather, as I mentioned, a way of life that gives the world a glimpse of life in the resurrection. For example, the teaching and life of Jesus were avant-garde in that his life and teachings displayed what life is like in the kingdom of God.
Although he had all the power in the world, he did not oppress anyone. Although he could have kept to himself, he went outside boundaries to share God's love. He refused to return evil for evil, hatred for hatred, and punch for punch: An avant-garde way of life, even for today.
Early Methodism in the United States was avant-garde when it came to slavery. John Wesley was clear: You could not be a Methodist and own a slave; however, that quickly changed in certain parts of the country, umm, like here, when the Methodist Church, South (MES) was formed so you could be a Methodist and own slaves.
Although we proclaim resurrection, we Christians have not always led avant-garde ways of life that gives the world a glimpse of the quality of life in the resurrection. We have been indifferent to the structures of society that foster injustice, and we have felt little sympathy for the plight of poor immigrants. On personal and social levels we have allowed prejudice to cloud our judgment and/or mistreatment of
This week’s Easter Sunday sermon was “Avant-Garde." “Avant-Garde” is a French word with Latin roots meaning “advance guard.” If you saw the advance guard,” that is., “the Avant-Garde” of Cavalry coming down the pike, you knew the Army was close behind.
Think of the resurrection of Jesus as the Avant-Garde event in human history and life. Resurrection reveals to us what is coming down the pike: Resurrection. Paul compares the resurrection of Jesus to the fruit that came out early, and gave notice to the full harvest yet to come (1 Corinthians 15:19-26). I note that only the future will reveal the truthfulness of resurrection
The hope of resurrection of Jesus is more than a future fire insurance policy. It is also hope …show more content…
By the way, I do not mean keeping up with the latest fashion or art movement; rather, as I mentioned, a way of life that gives the world a glimpse of life in the resurrection. For example, the teaching and life of Jesus were avant-garde in that his life and teachings displayed what life is like in the kingdom of God.
Although he had all the power in the world, he did not oppress anyone. Although he could have kept to himself, he went outside boundaries to share God's love. He refused to return evil for evil, hatred for hatred, and punch for punch: An avant-garde way of life, even for today.
Early Methodism in the United States was avant-garde when it came to slavery. John Wesley was clear: You could not be a Methodist and own a slave; however, that quickly changed in certain parts of the country, umm, like here, when the Methodist Church, South (MES) was formed so you could be a Methodist and own slaves.
Although we proclaim resurrection, we Christians have not always led avant-garde ways of life that gives the world a glimpse of the quality of life in the resurrection. We have been indifferent to the structures of society that foster injustice, and we have felt little sympathy for the plight of poor immigrants. On personal and social levels we have allowed prejudice to cloud our judgment and/or mistreatment of