Weekly talks from Redeemer Central. We are a diverse, vibrant church in the heart of Belfast, practicing the way of Jesus through simple, intentional, and inclusive community and seeking the peace and common good of our city. Come join us on Sundays as we gather at 101 Donegall Street, Belfast. Everyone is welcome
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Weekly talks from Redeemer Central. We are a diverse, vibrant church in the heart of Belfast, practicing the way of Jesus through simple, intentional, and inclusive community and seeking the peace and common good of our city. Come join us on Sundays as we gather at 101 Donegall Street, Belfast. Everyone is welcome
David Armstrong explores the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem for the Passover Festival, marking the moment when Jesus’ project went public. Jesus’ entry into the city on a donkey, fulfilling a 500-year-old prophecy, was a form of guerrilla theatre, a deliberate subversion of power and an act that mocked the dominant displays of the Roman Empire. Jesus’ humble procession was antithetical to Pontius Pilate’s imperial display, challenging us to reflect on our own expectations of Jesus and inviting us to choose allegiance to a kingdom of love, not force.
“Two processions entered Jerusalem on a spring day in the year 30. . . One was a peasant procession, the other an imperial procession. From the east, Jesus rode a donkey down the Mouth of Olives, cheered by his followers. . . On the opposite side of the city, from the west, Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Idumea, Judea, and Samaria, entered Jerusalem at the head of a column of imperial calvary and soldiers. Jesus’s procession proclaimed the kingdom of God; Pilate’s proclaimed the power of empire.” — John Dominic Crossan & Marcus Borg
Redeemer Central
Weekly talks from Redeemer Central. We are a diverse, vibrant church in the heart of Belfast, practicing the way of Jesus through simple, intentional, and inclusive community and seeking the peace and common good of our city. Come join us on Sundays as we gather at 101 Donegall Street, Belfast. Everyone is welcome
