{"id":3908,"date":"2008-08-04T08:28:10","date_gmt":"2008-08-04T14:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/?p=3908"},"modified":"2012-05-15T16:14:41","modified_gmt":"2012-05-15T22:14:41","slug":"tribal-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/tribal-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribal Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spoke to my tribe<\/a> yesterday and encouraged them to think about new ways to express & understand Christian community. (You can listen to the message<\/span> online via the encounter website.)<\/p>\n

Got one comment about me turning into Karl Marx<\/a> – but I think it was in jest and if that’s the worst they can say… it was a good day ;-). <\/p>\n

As I think more and more about my tribe, and Christian community other thoughts are crossing my mind.<\/p>\n

I keep asking myself this same question, “So what does this tribe, this community, this oneness look like?” As I mentioned yesterday, “I’m not entirely sure — especially in modern America.”<\/p>\n

But I do know this ::<\/p>\n

Jesus told his disciples, “By this all men will know you are my disciple — if you love one another.”<\/strong> — John 13:34 & 35.<\/p>\n

Seems that Christian brotherhood and sisterhood and community<\/strong> and unity were very big on Jesus’ plan\/plate.<\/p>\n

In the Hebrew Scriptures we read about the “tribes of Israel.”\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd The 12 tribes whom God called upon to be different in their culture. To be set apart. To be unique.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He calls them to accept the foreigner into their homes<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

He calls them to ignore the idol worship of their neighbors<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

He calls them to put their trust in Yahweh rather than in a king, or a Pharaoh or a President<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

He calls them to honor the Sabbath<\/strong> — a day you set aside all your business of the 24\/7 consumerism and focus on God — the creator of it all.<\/p>\n

And so the Hebrews get very accustomed to this calling of being “separate” from the world (not that anyone’s ever really figured that out).<\/p>\n

And then Jesus shows up on the earth and starts telling everyone that he was forming a new tribe.<\/p>\n

A tribe where the Hebrews would join together with the Gentiles. No wonder they got upset and had him killed. That in and of itself could be considered blasphemy.<\/p>\n

A tribe for all who were baptized into Christ and have clothed themselves with Christ. <\/p>\n

Where there is neither Jew nor Gentile, Republican or Democrat, conservative or liberal, neither slave nor free, neither male nor female, for we are all one in Christ Jesus.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s a radical idea and I believe it calls for radical changes in our thinking and behavior.<\/p>\n

When the tribe succeeds – everyone succeeds!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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