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“When some large number of the people in a country buy into this [presidential lying] -- if they make up their own narrative -- then a society begins to fracture in the deepest way. That is what is going on, and he's doing this day after day after day, and it's taking a terrific toll …
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"Paranoia strikes deep ... Into your life it will creep ... It starts when you’re always afraid ... Step out of line, the men come and take you away!" (Stephen Stills, 1966) Franklin Graham says, “I appreciate the fact that the president does have a concern for Christian values,” said, “he does have a concern to protect …
“When Christianity is seen as a political project in search of a gospel useful enough to advance its worldly agenda, it will end up pleasing those who make politics primary, while losing those who believe the Gospel.” Russell Moore in a lecture called, “Can the Religious Right Be Saved?” I’ve been reluctantly, yet under an …
In Part 1 we began talking about the account of the centurion in Luke 7 who possessed both clout and compassion. He had great social and political power as well as “great faith.” He cared deeply about the dying servant in his house and the Jewish people under his authority, and treated them all with …
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Roman centurions had clout––and plenty! But not many were accused of an overabundance of compassion. Sanctioned by the most powerful empire on earth, wherever they roamed, they wielded the limitless authority of Rome. The Jews and all other occupied lands lived under the thumb of the state and in fear of the army’s oft-capricious tactics. …
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