“You’re blessed when you get your inside world—your mind and heart—put right. Then you can see God in the outside world.” (Matthew 5:8 // The Message) Pure-hearted and clear-seeing are symbiotic. The pure in heart see God, and those who see God purify their hearts. They see him because their vision is not impaired by …
I wrote this over decade ago… Still making adjustments everyday!
Justice or “Just Us”?
Justice restores the community to the way God envisioned it in the beginning. For those who aren’t allergic to the phrase, let’s call it “social justice.” (Before you slam the book closed or throw your Kindle against the wall, “social” is simply a modifier to clarify that we’re not talking about justice for “just us,” …
The Redacted Bible, aka “The Slaver’s Bible”
[Less than 5-minutes of your time.] Let’s admit it, most of us overlook a lot of difficult passages in the Bible if not downright avoid them. But did you know that in the 19th century some actually printed a redacted Bible in order to control African slaves? This “abridged” version of the King James Bible …
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Forgive or Not to Forgive…
We cannot go back and undo the damage of yesterday, but we can undo the damage it is causing today. We do that with the act of forgiveness. (Steve Arterburn) So, forgiving small things is easy—like when the neighbor didn’t pick up after their dog and I stepped in it. Or like the time a …
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