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[If you haven't seen Parts 1 & 2 I hope you'll take a quick look at them for context. These posts are a cursory glance at Luke 10 and three key components to a balanced walk with Jesus. I introduced it in Part 1 and talked about being "missional" in Part 2. Based on the Good Samaritan …
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[This is the 2nd half of a brief chapter on God's justice. You might benefit from reading the 1st half first.] He’s compassionate in distribution Among us Evangelicals it’s a well-known fact, if not a particularly well-appropriated reality, that God is “consistent in retribution.” We know that his justice is retributive, and when he forgives, …
Continue reading "What God is Like (Musings on the character of God) #16"
[If you haven't already, please read "Act justly #1" for context on my concluding remarks on one of the things that disappoints me about my Baby Boom Generation's Christian culture blind spot.] Here’s a taste of the injustices that Micah spoke to… They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud people of …
“He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8 I’m writing this on the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights March in Washington on August 28, 1963 and Martin Luther King …
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