Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2009

Abstract

Excerpt: "Why were the Pharisees so furious with Jesus? After all, they were themselves dedicated to giving alms to the poor and feeding the hungry sinners. But there was one key difference: Jesus "ate with sinners." This one simple act of Jesus sitting down at the table and eating with them granted a new sense of dignity to hungry, hopeless people, and it enraged the Pharisees and teachers of the Law."

Comments

Originally published as chapter 12 of The Justice Project, edited by Brian McLaren, Elisa Padilla, and Ashley Bunting Seeber, Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group, 2009. Used by Permission.

http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/the-justice-project/288681

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