This gory Post-Easter scripture offers much-needed perspective.
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What does it mean to uphold the lives of every human being? Even our bitter enemy.
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Christians, we don't have the moral high ground. We just don't.
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Many Christians are still unsure about Civil Disobedience. That's why this Christmas season we need to learn wisdom and discernment from some of the first people who sought to worship Jesus: a trio of spiritual gurus from Asia.
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These words of Thomas Merton offer another perspective on loving our enemy.
"Do not be too quick to assume that your enemy is an enemy of God just because he is your enemy.
Perhaps he is your enemy precisely because he can find nothing in you that gives glory to God."
This morning a riot broke out near my house as striking factory workers clashed with riot police. One woman was shot and died. Others were brutally beaten. Workers from SL factory, which makes Levis, H&M and GAP clothing, have been on strike since early August .
Followers of Christ sometimes question whether working for justice in situations like this is central to the gospel....
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A lot of folks question our decision to raise our kids in the slums and inner cities of the world. But from time to time I am reminded of how God has blessed us with two insightful, healthy, confident kids.
My 8 year daughter Micah came home from school not long ago and told me that her teacher had asked the class, "Which would you choose, fame or money?"
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The ongoing fight against
Obamacare, the ridiculous obsession with disparaging the important role
of government in a society, and endless quest to try to make Government
as small as possible is surely a symptom of dementia.
Because I live in the country you Republicans are striving for. It's called Cambodia.
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