The Upside Down Kingdom Summary

Jesus could not obtain his full potential, which the society saw him as the other and therefore,

Karybill concludes the book with the three symbols basin, cross, and tomb. The basin is “actually the foremost Christian symbol. Jesus himself voluntarily selects a basin to capture the meaning of his ministry”. (Kraybill, D. 2011). The cross is a Roman symbol we are asked by Jesus to carry. The tomb “stands through a sign of God’s region over the force of evil” (Kraybill, D. 2011). The end of Karybill book ends with a pledge allegiance to a new kingdom “Generosity, Jubilee, mercy, and compassion these are the marks of the new community. Freed from the grip of right-side-up kingdoms, we salute a new King and sing a new song. We trans-cend earthly borders, boundaries, and passports. We pledge allegiance to a new and already-present kingdom. We pledge allegiance to the Lord of the worldwide kingdom of God and to the values for which it stands one kingdom, under God, with compassion and forgiveness for all”(Kraybill, D. 2011). Overall, we are the future who is turning the up-side down kingdom up-side-down and need to maintain a healthy balance with

"The Wrong Lunch Line" by Nicholasa Mohr teaches that we don't have to be worried about the differences between us. We all have different religions, beliefs, economic situations, mores, etc, but we should put those differences away because sometimes we can hurt people or make

In the essay, “A cruel and unusual kingdom”, by Leonard Pitts Jr. columnist for the Miami Herald, effectively argues that the use of the death penalty in the United States is inhumane, irrational and goes against American values. Though Pitts overall maintains a strong argument, writing style, and voice, he purely targets a supportive audience as he doesn’t include clear common ground nor a refutation of the other bias.

According to the preface in Kraybills The Upside Down Kingdom the main thesis of the book was “ The Kingdom of God announced by Jesus was a new order of things that looked upside down in the midst of Palestinian culture in the first century. More over the Kingdom of God continues to have upside down features as it breaks into diverse cultures around the world today.” The core message in “The Upside Down Kingdom” was not to seek the kingdom of Heaven from above but to also help find salvation of Christ by performing activities that involve compassion/empathy for those who are less fortunate.

People tend to reject what is different. Our differences/diversities can lead to growth as a society or it can lead to violence and hatred. We must value our diversity in order to work together for the common good of our society/world.

Jesus could not obtain his full potential, which the society saw him as the other and

The main point of Kraybill’s, The Upside Down Kingdom is to make the readers understand that in God’s kingdom, the world is turned upside down. Kraybill is saying that the people who live at the top of the pyramid such as wealthy, and powerful people who are not humble, will live at the bottom of the pyramid in God’s kingdom. We need to help the poor, and the hungry. A few chapters that support Kraybill’s thesis are chapters one, six, and eleven.

William Hall made a good point when he said, “We go on and on about our differences. But, you know, our differences are less important than our similarities. People have a lot in common with one another, whether they see that or not.” Our differences are less important than our similarities because if people want to make friends or just be happier in life, then they need to focus on not the differences in other people but instead the similar things that are between them and others. If people focus on what is different between them and someone else instead of seeing what similarities there are between each other, then there would be a lot more happiness. People are similar to many others in a lot of ways. They just chose not to see it and focus

Everyone is pretty much the same on the inside and just because we don't all look the same or talk the same is no one's fault. I feel everyone needs a family, someone you can talk to, about anything. I want to give an example. This is my family. This is my mom, dad, sister’s me and that is my little brother. Everything looks normal to me but in another person’s eyes they might think something is wrong with this picture.You have probably already guessed it, there is someone with a different ethnic living with me in my house. He is adopted into a white family. Altho we may not look alike we are a lot alike, it's like he was born to be put into this family. We are just your average family, nothing is different because he is in our family. Infact he has impacted our whole family very strongly. That proves that race should be ignored and that all people should be treated the same from one another. Also, I know a family that has three different ethnics living in one house and they are one of the happiest families I have ever

Everyone ever born on this planet, is different than the next or the last person that was born before them. Even twins, though genetically and physically identical, have unique personalities that make each of them their own person. There are similarities between us, however, with some people having more in common than others. Individual things like our appearance, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, family, likes and dislikes end up corralling us into certain corresponding groups. These groups are also known as co-cultures. When we belong to one of these co-cultures, different people will meet one of the members of it and then label that person, good or bad, and expect that certain label to apply to all members of the same group, essentially

Also, it is natural to search out or relate to that which is "like" or common to us. These ideas form or create the self definition of who an individual is. Cultural togetherness is not a bad thing. However, these ideas have negative retributions when acted upon in extreme degrees. The individuality of a group is wonderful, but not when it causes a cut off from other groups. What segregation brings or prevents is the opportunity for experience of diversity or a wide range of livelihood in general. There is more to the world then just you or just me. This type of separation causes barriers or invisible lines and walls that are rarely crossed by people in our society today. These barriers produce the loss of uniqueness among both a group of people as well as individuals. When everyone is the same or alike, people lose the capability to be special or unmatched ( Myers, 34). Differences and diversity should be celebrated as a chance or opportunity to be able to stand out as well as the chance to educate each other about the creation of man and woman.

When we meet new people, we create small talk discussing about interest, dislikes etc. this then may lead to a new friendships or another person to avoid. Our diverse thoughts, interests and experiences steer us to the people we are close to and love. If everyone was exactly the same our relationships would be meaningless because rather than having a two way relationship , it will be like talking to yourself. Also because everyone has their interests and experiences when we meet people who have similar interest and experiences, we can feel excited or relieved knowing there is someone who we can relate to. This then can create a special bond.Some may believe diversity can divide us because we may disagree on opinions, have different lifestyles, create subcultures etc. however ignorance is what divides us. We can become closer as a society by embracing everyone's differences rather than excluding others because of their differences. In other words with diversity will come unity.

The term ‘Kingdom of God’ (or as is otherwise referred to as ‘Kingdom of Heaven’ in Matthew's Gospel) is mentioned throughout the Four Gospels. Over the centuries many scholars have reached the same conclusion that the central theme of Jesus’ message regards the ‘Kingdom of God.’ But what did Jesus mean by this term? This essay aims to discuss the meaning of the term ‘Kingdom of God’ and what Jesus must have meant by this.

God’s goodness and mercy far transcends the comprehension of the most brilliant human mind! He “who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth”(Psalm 113:6).Yet in His infinite love for us He stoops down to reveal Himself to us by a multitude of illustration, types, and shadows, so that we may learn to know him. This paper will describe what is meant by the Kingdom of God; examine the religious philosophy of the various sects of Judaism during the Second Temple period: Pharisee, Sadducees, Essenes, and Zealots, describe the religious philosophy and political philosophy of each sects, it will also describe how the Messianic expectation differ from the Messianic role that Jesus presented, and include an exegesis of