7 | Ukraine, Empire, and the Kingdom of God
We’re interrupting our series on the story of God to talk about the ongoing war in Ukraine and the Church’s response to it.
Where to Connect
Mount Vigil has come to an end but you can still connect with Anthony and Blaine at their respective blogs:
Where to Connect
Mount Vigil has come to an end but you can still connect with Anthony and Blaine at their respective blogs:
- Anthony - Sun Tongue
- Blaine - The Paradise King
Some of the things we cover in this episode:
- What our fleshly responses and our repentance of those responses looks like
- How Christians can find solid ground in the midst of a powerful media narrative
- How the concept of the Dialectic is working it’s way out in the world
- The typology of empire and nations in the scriptures
- The economics of war
- What it looks like to be a prophetic, called out people who bring the Good News in the midst of the devastation of war
Additional Notes
- Jesus for President – Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw
- Life Together – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- MV Prayer
- SNL COVID Skit
- Prophetic Imagination – Walter Brueggemann
- Born in Blood and Fire – John Charles Chasteen
- Bible Project Bad Words Series – Sin/Iniquity/Transgression
- Ash Wed and Lent Resources