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Lordship as Servanthood
Posted by Halden
on June 19, 2009
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“That lordship is servanthood, that he who empties himself unto death is elevated to the right hand of the Father, is not a gnostic redemption cult historicized, it is the career of JHWH’s Servant doxologized. It constitutes within real human history a concrete (civil!) alternative both to the world-dominating claims of Cyrus (or Caesar) and to the righteous zeal of the Maccabees. This is not political language being used metaphorically to describe spiritual transcendence or quietism. It is a concretely alternative way to be God’s Servant, in both corporate and individual personhood.”
~ John Howard Yoder, To Hear the Word (Forecoming Edition)
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