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Donald Kraybill: The Upside Down Kingdom

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Donald Kraybill wrote a book called The Upside- Down Kingdom to illustrate his idea of what an upside down kingdom looked like during the time of Jesus’ ministry. In this book, Kraybill flourishes how the kingdom of God, while Jesus lived here on earth, appeared to be upside- down, for the fact, that Jesus focused on being victorious by being a servant and succeed by losing. This was not an usual act for people in His time. Jesus was against the teachings of that time, the poor became more poorer, and the wealthy became more wealthy. During His time, both classes never assorted together, and it was common for the rich not to help the poor. Kraybill aims to help the readers to see Jesus’ teachings from a different view. Kraybill believes

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