Jesus teaches his followers how to resist a financial oppressor using nudity as a comical way to fight back. If your creditor takes your jacket as collateral, give them your underwear too. This comedy would have brought deep belly laughs from people who where forced to give their coats as a deposit on a loan. Jesus was witty, provocative and called for revolution that leads with dignity, willing to suffer, willing to love even an enemy. “How can people who are engaged in repressive acts repent unless they are made uncomfortable with their actions,” Walter Wink. In his book, Jesus and non-violence, Walter illustrates how Jesus was sponsoring clowning as a way to fight oppression instead of violence. He also points out that Jesus wants those engaged in violence and oppression to be liberated from the tyranny that they operate from. Jesus was for the liberation and freedom of all parties involved in the human drama and invites us into what he calls, “The Kingdom of God.” I have never herd a preacher talk about how getting publically naked is apart of Jesus’s teachings. Most western evangelicals place moral formation as the path to redemption. However, I see Jesus and his teachings as provocative, dicey, risky and not good family values. Jesus teaches how to be subversive without being violent, how to live life a new way, a way that is bold. We now can add nudity as a tool under our belt as one way to fight injustice. Jesus asks us to use our imagination, humor, and to act boldly in the face of evildoers. Jesus invited to, “live as innocent as doves and as shrewd as a snake.” I believe the, “Get Naked,” principal here embodies this admonishment. I always have wondered what it means to live out the shrewd teaching and be innocent, Jesus show us one way in his, “Get Naked,” teaching. We are not called to just copy Jesus, but to operate with in the same Spirit, use the same principals, embody this comical way of bringing the kingdom of God to earth. May we discover fresh and creative ways to live this teaching out and bring about justice through our actions.