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Is John MacArthur Right About Social Justice? (Part 1 of 6) “True Christian salvation involves a simultaneous turning toward God and humanity... When we submit to God, we submit to the common good.” Tim Suttle Pushing back on a John MacArthur teaching is like challenging Steph Curry to a little one-on-one! But in this case …
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Have you ever given any thought to the parents of the babies that Herod murdered in order to do away with Jesus? How would they ever be able to deal with their loss? The Catholic Church calls the children “Holy Innocents.” If you’re Catholic you’ll know that the Church even has a special day, usually …
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"I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I’ll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great great wall on our southern border and I’ll have Mexico pay for that wall." “I noticed all that beautiful barbed wire going up today. Barbed wire used properly can …
Barney: Welcome back, everyone, to the final segment of our conversation with the venerable theologian, pastor, and martyr: Dietrich Bonhoeffer. For context, I recommend that our readers go back and peruse the first three interviews. And thank you, Mr. Bonhoeffer, for making this postmortem appearance to share your wisdom with us about living in a …
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Barney: Welcome back to the show, Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Author, pastor, activist, and martyr. Bonhoeffer: Thank you. Glad to be here. Barney: We left our discussion last week comparing your historical context with our hysterical one––hysterical, not in the sense of humorous, but as in bizarre, even manic. Everyday we 21st Century Americans wake up to …
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