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Actual Bread (John 6:1-21)
Douglass Church - Douglass Blvd Christian Church
English - July 25, 2021 17:01 - 35.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality Spirituality disciple christ progressive christian church open affirming lgbt justice sermon Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In the ancient Near East, the small number of the rich and the powerful, the rulers and their retainers benefitted from a political and economic system where a few lived well, while the rest of the population had to scratch out a living by the skin of their knees and fingertips. That is to say, the folks in charge had a vested interest in promoting the belief that religion is about holiness and spirituality, and should, at all costs, avoid such messy things as economics and politics—because once the peasants start wondering whether or not the system is giving them a raw deal, the whole thing starts unraveling.
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