Power (Part 3). 2.16.20.

from North Decatur Presbyterian Church · host NDPC

2.16.20. It's February, and we've turned to the  Bible's 6th "Big Idea"--one that's sure to put a jolt in your winter  blues: POWER. What does the Bible say about power? What is power? What  is it for? Who has it? Who should have it? What power does God have and  how does God use it? Power is one of the most complex subjects in the  Holy Scriptures, primarily because so much of what it teaches about  power seems contradictory: Is God an all-powerful Creator, or a God who  "empties himself" of power to assume flesh and die in humiliation and  weakness? Each Sunday in February, we explore power from a different  angle. On Feb. 2nd, we looked at our charged world, full of good and evil powers, with the help of theologian Walter Wink. On Feb. 9th, we explored the confounding idea that God's strength is known in weakness. On Feb. 16th, we interrogate the myth of  "redemptive violence" and learn the theology of non-violent power with  Ministry Fellow, Rob Schoonover preaching. From Rob Schoonover - The Myth of Redemptive Violence:  Media,  American Mythology, and interpretations of the Bible all contain a form  of Redemptive Violence. Imperial culture’s perpetuate redemptive  violence myths as a way of maintaining power within their contexts.  Western Christianity has not been immune to this phenomenon. This Sunday  we will examine why we’ve continued to tell Redemptive Violence Myths  and we will see how the person of Christ critiques and challenges the  redemptive violence narratives that pervade our cultural imagination.

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