Culture Making Articles items tagged jesusCulture Making Articles:Writing on Christianity and culture from Andy Crouch2025-01-03T22:54:05ZCopyright (c) 2025, Andy CrouchExpressionEnginetag:culture-makers.com,2025:01:02Copyright or smiley face?tag:culture-makers.com,2025:author/1.13222025-01-02T22:53:00Z2025-01-03T22:54:05ZAndy Crouchandy@culture-making.com
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"Jesus," Orlando, Florida, 2008, from the series Holy Land, by Lee Satkowski
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]]>Not just “good news”tag:culture-makers.com,2025:author/1.8672025-01-02T22:53:00Z2025-01-03T22:54:05ZAndy Crouchandy@culture-making.comIn announcing that the kingdom of God was near, in telling parables of the kingdom, Jesus was not just delivering “good news,” as if his only concern was to impart some new information. His good news foretold a comprehensive restructuring of social life comparable to that experienced by a people when one monarch was succeeded by another. The kingdom of God would touch every sphere and every scale of culture. It would reshape marriage and mealtimes, resistance to the Roman occupiers and prayer in the Temple, the social standing of prostitutes and the piety of Pharisees, the meaning of cleanliness and the interpretation of illness, integrity in business and honesty in prayer.
