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We chose "East of Eden" as our name, not because of John Steinbeck's famous novel of the same name, but because of the story in the fourth chapter of Genesis where Cain kills his brother Abel in an attempt to gain God's approval. He then leaves and goes "east of Eden" into the land of Nod (which means the land of wandering) and builds the first city. Rene Girard understands these events as the fou

nding of human civilization-civilization born of violence toward one's brother, which leads humanity away from the presence of God only to wander and build successive cultures apart from God. The story reveals than in a few generations, retributive violence has increased seventy-sevenfold. If we left the story there it would indeed be discouraging, but the treasure of the Hebrew Scriptures is that they record the history of an oppressed people (the Jews) from the perspective of the oppressed. The victors wrote the history, and it was written to hide the plight of victims and glorify (mythologize) the winners. In this story God calls Abraham to leave his home and seek a "city whose builder and maker is God", in other words, a kind of civilization that was unlike anything the world had known since Eden. The Hebrew prophets caught glimpses of this city, but it wasn't seen clearly until the advent of Jesus of Nazareth who in his Sermon on the Mount fleshes out this city whose builder and maker is God...a city that Jesus calls his followers to populate and model for the good of the world-a city built on seventy-sevenfold forgiveness rather than seventy-sevenfold retribution. EastOfEden.tv was created to be a place for people who are seeking to build this city of living stones with Jesus as the cornerstone. We hope you'll join us in this exciting construction project which Jesus calls the kingdom of God.

04/26/2018

11th annual Theology & Peace conference coming to Nashville!

Lucy Peppiatt's book, "Women and Worship at Corinth" is a game changer. Check out my interview with her on EastOfEden.t...
01/01/2017

Lucy Peppiatt's book, "Women and Worship at Corinth" is a game changer. Check out my interview with her on EastOfEden.tv.
http://www.eastofeden.tv/interview-feed/lucy-peppiatt-women-and-worship-at-corinth

Lucy Peppiatt discusses her new book, "Women and Worship at Corinth". Lucy proposes a rhetorical reading of Paul in 1 Corinthians that brings exciting new light to the conversation surrounding the Biblical role of women in church life.

Have you thought or been told that the Apostle Paul placed restrictions on women's roles in ministry and worship? If so...
05/08/2015

Have you thought or been told that the Apostle Paul placed restrictions on women's roles in ministry and worship? If so, you'll want to hear Lucy Peppiatt talk about her new book, "Women and Worship at Corinth". Lucy proposes a radical new way of understanding those troubling passages that could help set millions of women free to pursue their God-given gifts in the church. Check out the interview at www.EastOfEden.tv

05/07/2015

We just recorded a great interview with Lucy Peppiatt, talking about her new book, "Women and Worship at Corinth". Lucy proposes a radical new way to read Paul's passages in 1 Corinthians 11 & 14 that seem to be restrictive of women in the church. We'll post the interview soon!

Peter Everett with Destiny Rescue joins me on EastOfEden.tv. Destiny Rescue rescues children who are trapped in the s*x...
04/30/2015

Peter Everett with Destiny Rescue joins me on EastOfEden.tv. Destiny Rescue rescues children who are trapped in the s*x trade. In this interview, Peter tells his compelling story of being offered a young girl for sale while visiting Thailand, and how God inspired he and his family to join Destiny Rescue. Peter's stories of rescue, restoration and hope for new life will inspire you. http://www.eastofeden.tv/peter-everett---destiny-rescue.html

I'll be interviewing Peter Everett of Destiny Rescue this week. They're doing amazing work rescuing young girls from s*...
04/28/2015

I'll be interviewing Peter Everett of Destiny Rescue this week. They're doing amazing work rescuing young girls from s*xual exploitation. We'll be posting the interview later this week. Check out Destiny Rescue's work in this video:
https://youtu.be/6pWnKd5swyM

Slavery Exists, but Destiny Rescue exists to eradicate it.

04/22/2015

From Dr. Walter Brueggemann:
'Well, what we do is to pick and choose things out of the Bible that conform to our fears. It’s not a matter of obeying the Bible — it’s about obeying the gospel. The gospel is about God’s saving love that wants to restore all of humanity to full communion. To reach back to an ancient text that has now been corrected by the revelation of God in Jesus Christ is simply a bad maneuver and poor methodology and theologically irresponsible. Those texts are not the determinative texts. The texts that are determinative are those that talk about the love of God that has been shown to us in Jesus. We can’t compromise that."

04/22/2015

Brad Jersak on how Jesus illuminates our understanding of God. See the entire interview at www.EastOfEden.tv.

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