{"id":2723,"date":"2007-10-12T00:10:45","date_gmt":"2007-10-12T00:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2007\/10\/colossians-remixed-20.html"},"modified":"2007-10-12T00:10:45","modified_gmt":"2007-10-12T00:10:45","slug":"colossians-remixed-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2007\/10\/colossians-remixed-20.html","title":{"rendered":"Colossians Remixed 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But this suggestion of a suffering God and a creation-affirming God of redemption &#8230; does this story get carried on by Paul in Colossians or is his gospel the fullness of that gospel? So, we turn to the end of the 6th chp in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FColossians-Remixed-Subverting-Brian-Walsh%2Fdp%2F0830827382%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1189866976%26sr%3D1-1&amp;tag=jescre-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\">Colossians Remixed<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jescre-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0px !important\" \/><\/em>.<!--more|inline--><br \/>\nIs the kingdom of the beloved Son a Foucauldian regime of truth? That&#8217;s their question. Be careful not to get <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU\">Rick Rolled<\/a>. 8) .<br \/>\nThe exodus liberation of the Son is a new exodus. It is a kingdom of loving <em>inclusion <\/em>and this is established in a way radically different from a regime of truth. The violence is absorbed by the Son not dispersed on others. Defeat is not by violence but by sacrificial love.<br \/>\nThe story of the cross subverts the regime of truth that is found in power and totalizing structures. The cross is the &#8220;victory march of the victim&#8221; (111). Paul is against the power language games.<br \/>\nThe story of the cross subverts exclusionary stories because it is a story for everyone. &#8220;And through him God was pleased to reconcile all things&#8221; (Col 1:20).<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s a question that comes to my mind this week: Is it possible to avoid this Foucauldian sense of violence and not be a universalist? How is the Christian claim to universal truth not violent if only those who accept this all-inclusive, suffering-creational story are the redeemed?<br \/>\n[Added: This is the very theme that Hans Boersma takes up in his book on <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FViolence-Hospitality-Cross-Reappropriating-Atonement%2Fdp%2F0801031338%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1192192114%26sr%3D1-1&amp;tag=jescre-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\">Violence, Hospitality, and the Cross<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jescre-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0px !important\" \/><\/em>.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But this suggestion of a suffering God and a creation-affirming God of redemption &#8230; does this story get carried on by Paul in Colossians or is his gospel the fullness of that gospel? 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