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Christians of good conscience have always lent their hand to those in the most need. You’re more likely to find hospitals and orphanages named after saints (St. Luke’s, St. Jude’s) than ones after even the most famous atheists or agnostics. Can you imagine a Christopher Hitchens Hospital or Bertrand Russell Home for Children? Every week …
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The meek bridle their lust for power and live to serve others. “The ‘politics’ of the Kingdom,” says Scott Bessenecker, “has more to do with meekness, submission and dying to self than it does with exercising authority to increase my share in this life (emphasis mine).”[i] Some outside observers evaluate Jesus’ words about being good …
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"Blessed are the poor in spirit..." Reminds me of the first of AA’s Twelve Steps: “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.” The Twelve Steps and the Beatitudes have an uncanny similarity. They both address the destitute and leave no viable recourse but to run to a “power greater than …
My friends at YWAM San Francisco are doing amazing work in the Tenderloin, the city’s neediest neighborhood. I highly recommend them for your prayers and financial support. I was there last weekend with Calvary Street Ministry. (I’ll tell you about CSM next time.) For now, check out the 8-minute YWAM video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlw_V4bSDJY Here's how to …
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