Leonard Sweet writes, “Jesus’ world seemed over peopled with outcasts. Jesus’ table fellowship with real-life low-life’s outraged the pious among the people of his day,..An authentic biblical table culture will similarly outrage the pious of our day, especially when the church starts imitating Jesus and "throws parties" for those not yet "worthy" of having parties "thrown" for them--postmodern equivalents of Jesus’ table of table companions (Adulterers,
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