As we’ve discovered in the last few years, viruses often morph into any number of variants. Some are less virulent than the original disease, while others can be even more deadly. Some variants, like Omicron and Delta, while less likely to land you in a hospital bed breathing through a ventilator, are more contagious than …
“Social Justice” and “Systemic”: Christian or Not?
“We don’t have two gospels. We don’t have a spiritual gospel and a social gospel, or a salvation gospel and a social justice gospel. . . Jesus binds the spiritual and social into a seamless fabric that shouldn’t be torn in two.” Donald Kraybill The other day a friend told me that “social justice” is …
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5-Minute Meditations on the Sermon on the Mount (Chapter 12 of WHAT ON EARTH? a book by Barney Wiget)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCWP_zY5_04 Chapter 12 of WHAT ON EARTH? / The “Ouchless” Church Suggestions for Personal Reflection, Group Discussion, and Taking Action for: What do you think of the statement by Brene´ Brown? “I wanted faith to work like an epidural; to numb the pain of vulnerability. As it turned out, my faith ended up being more …
Is “Social Justice” and “Systemic,” Christian?
“We don’t have two gospels. We don’t have a spiritual gospel and a social gospel, or a salvation gospel and a social justice gospel. . . Jesus binds the spiritual and social into a seamless fabric that shouldn’t be torn in two.” Donald Kraybill People keep telling me that creation care, social justice work, and …
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5-Minute Meditations on the Sermon on the Mount (Chapter 10 & 11 of WHAT ON EARTH? a book by Barney Wiget)
https://videopress.com/v/MoZ5gkF3?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Suggestions for Personal Reflection, Group Discussion, and Taking Action for: Chapters 10 & 11 of WHAT ON EARTH? / The Groan of the Godly & The Collective “Ouch!” Explain how the first Beatitude leads to the second.We contend that tears shed in grief, uncertainty, confusion, and fear can be “good tears.” Agree or disagree? Why?Where else in …
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