Episode 109
#109. Welcoming and Loving the Stranger
Dr. Mark Glanville discusses how churches can love the stranger because Yahweh loves the stranger so you are to love the stranger.
- Book: Improvising Church: Scripture as the Source of Harmony, Rhythm, and Soul
- Book: Refuge Reimagined: Biblical Kinship in Global Politics
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
- Yahweh loves the stranger so you are to love the stranger
- Challenging the fear-based ethic approaches to refugees
- Banal, Sterile Life vs A Rich Feast
ABOUT THE GUEST:
Dr. Mark Glanville trains pastors at Regent College, Vancouver, and is an Old Testament scholar.
Prior to coming to Regent, Mark pastored for 14 years in both Vancouver and Australia in urban, justice seeking churches.
Mark has been bi-vocational– combining reflective pastoring with biblical scholarship and is a trained jazz pianist, active on the Vancouver jazz scene.
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TIMESTAMPED SHOWNOTES:
02:02 - Refuge Reimagined: Biblical Kinship in Global Politics
02:46 - Christians need to be different
03:12 - Book looks deeply into the questions and pushback of welcoming refugees
04:15 - Deuteronomy 10 : 18-19 Biblical scholarship on love the stranger
04:40 - Yahweh loves the stranger so you are to love the stranger
05:17 - Welcoming a stranger is very common in Old Testament ethics
06:10 - Mirroring the love and character of God
06:16 - Hebrew word for love = steadfast covenant loyalty
07:53 - Challenging the fear-based ethic approaches to refugees
08:16 - ...Preaching the scriptures very clearly
08:35 - ......not prooftexting, but displaying the gospel in our local neighborhood
09:07 - ......recovering every aspect of what it means to flourish
09:33 - ......the whole biblical story and playing our part faithfully
09:45 - ......choosing love & tenderness
09:58 - ...Proximity
10:02 - ......having real life experience with people who have a refugee story
10:20 - ......dispelling false fears
10:45 - ......not just the resilience, but the brilliance, of regufees
11:28 - .....live life in diversity and sharing lives
11:50 - ......partner with Christian refugee-welcoming organization
13:20 - Engaging the community in New York over food
14:25 - Banal, Sterile Life vs A Rich Feast
16:02 - ...as contrasted in a musical example of "Jesus Loves Me"
18:30 - the body of Christ exercising all their gifts
19:36 - Amazing Grace
21:46 - To get in touch with Dr. Glanville: glanville.org
22:33 - This is the Day the Lord Has Made
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