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Jesus and Materialism in the Gospel of Mark - Traveling Light on the Way (Hardcover)
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Jesus and Materialism in the Gospel of Mark - Traveling Light on the Way (Hardcover)
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The Gospel of Mark presents Jesus' ministry and mission as a
journey on "the way," a journey to Jerusalem that ultimately
results in his suffering and crucifixion. On the journey to the
cross, Jesus embodies that which is least, vulnerable, and
destitute in society, and he invites his followers to journey with
him on the way. Robert Ewusie Moses argues that this invitation to
discipleship is a call for believers to reassess their relationship
with material possessions and their desire for wealth and power.
Like Jesus, believers are to travel light on the way, for holding
on strongly to possessions can be a hindrance for the journey. To
embrace those in society who are least, vulnerable, and destitute
is to embrace Jesus himself and the God who sent him. Traveling
light on the way requires believers to place their trust in God, to
depend on God to provide their needs. Moses shows that the journey
is by its very nature a rejection of the status quo; it demands
followers of Jesus to shun greed and the amassing of superfluous
possessions that the world encourages. The book demonstrates that
to be on this journey is to commit to the creation of communities
of care, where those like Jesus-poor, vulnerable, and
marginalized-are welcomed and cared for.
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