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Jon Swales
Dec 1535 min read
The Crucified Community: Seven Meditations on the Cross
The urban street communities, the drinkers & drifters, the beggars & broken, the addicts & abused, are those who have and continue to be...
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Jon Swales
Nov 162 min read
Shopfront Jesus?
For some, Jesus serves as the welcoming facade of the Christian faith. Maybe we first encountered him in Sunday school or felt his impact...
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Jon Swales
Nov 103 min read
Highway to Hell
A few decades after the crucifixion of Jesus, a profound transformation occurred. The Jewish world descended into chaos, society...
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Jon Swales
Nov 85 min read
Isaiah’s Prophetic Challenge: Wealth, Injustice, and the Kingdom of God
“ God calls for order in the court, hauls the leaders of his people into the dock: “You’ve played havoc with this country.Your houses are...
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Jon Swales
Oct 2812 min read
Seven Meditations on the Resurrection
This is an evolving blog post. Do check back for updates. In the resurrection of Jesus, the God-Man penniless preacher from Nazareth, the...
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Jon Swales
Oct 282 min read
Now & Not Yet
‘And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will...
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Jon Swales
Sep 81 min read
Jesus the Heretic
Jesus was a heretic. I now have your attention, for how can a Christian theological educator and church leader have the audacity to claim...
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Jon Swales
Aug 282 min read
Not of this World
Jesus answered, 'My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might...
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Jon Swales
Aug 206 min read
Prophet of the Poor: Jesus’ Radical Challenge to Wealth and Power
Introduction Step into the gritty reality of first-century Judea, where the rich lived in opulence while the poor barely survived. This...
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Jon Swales
Aug 207 min read
BiblioDrama: Stones & Grace
“Stones and Grace: Jesus Breaks the Chains of Condemnation” Bible Passage: John 8:3-11 “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought...
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Jon Swales
Aug 182 min read
Breaking Barriers: Matt 9:1-7
Breaking Barriers: The Church and the Power of Disruptive Faith"- Matthew 9:1-7 Jesus wasn’t always the crowd favorite. In one story from...
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Jon Swales
Jul 182 min read
Strange Jesus/Wild Messiah
Jesus is unusual, strange, and unsettling—a stranger, an enigma, and a mystery to both contemporary secular and religious sensibilities....
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Jon Swales
Jun 292 min read
The Times They Are A-Changing
A few thoughts about the Kingdom. In the life and work of the Messiah from Nazareth, the long-anticipated 'age to come' is breaking into...
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Jon Swales
May 243 min read
Jesus & Violence
Through the grit and grind of daily life in Judea and Galilee, there persisted a defiant hope: that one day, a Messiah would emerge to...
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Jon Swales
May 202 min read
Jesus & the Structures of Domination
Jesus, in proclaiming and embodying the kingdom of God, confronts the structures and systems of domination head-on. He heralds the...
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Jon Swales
May 137 min read
Follow Me: A Call to Radical Discipleship
The following sermon was a keynote address at the 2022 Just Jesus Conference Several times throughout the gospels, Jesus uses the words...
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Jon Swales
May 83 min read
Jesus & the Hoarders of Wealth (Part One)
Through song and sermon, both the Magnificat (Lk. 1:40-45) and the Jubilee Manifesto (Lk 4:16-21) clearly show that Jesus is not...
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Jon Swales
Apr 281 min read
Two Religions (Opium for the Masses)
There is a certain kind of religion, An opium for the masses. It Numbs, Distracts, And anaesthetizes us from the pain of the world, Into...
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Jon Swales
Apr 22 min read
Resurrection Dawn
‘Fear not, for I know you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for he has risen.’— The Angel, Matthew 28 Mary, known as the...
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Jon Swales
Feb 52 min read
Jesus & Mutant Christianity
Jesus' central mission revolved around preaching, proclaiming, embracing, and enacting the Kingdom of God. In a world marked by...
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