“Changing the human heart and changing human society are not separate tasks, but are as interconnected as the two beams of the cross.” Henri Nouwen When Jesus moves in he disrupts our personal ethics and replaces them with upside down ones, but he doesn’t stop there. He saves our souls and through us seeks to …
Social Justice = Social Gospel?
A certain radio talk show host made the audacious plea to his audience to leave their church if it used such profane watchwords such as, “social justice.” "I beg you, look for the words 'social justice' or 'economic justice' on your church Web site. If you find it, run as fast as you can. …
How Improving Samaritans influence other people toward the “Ideal Samaritan”
We’ve covered a bunch of ground since we began our Good Samaritan talks. We’ve looked at how there is no more Ideal Samaritan than Jesus, how, in stark contrast to him we’re all pretty much Inadequate Samaritans with quite a replete repertoire of excuses for it, and then how we might get on a trajectory …
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