Month: December 2014
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WHO IS ON THE LORD’S SIDE?
It doesn’t matter what anyone else says, it is Jesus who has the last word. It doesn’t matter how much power anyone or any institution has, it is the word of Jesus that counts and must be obeyed. It doesn’t matter how much anger anyone expresses, or even how much pain or hurt anyone says they have. No matter our empathy…
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THE JESUS FAMILY
As we come close to the celebration of Christmas some of us will once again get to read, in the Gospel of Luke chapter 1, Mary’s praise to God for being told she will bear the Christ child. This “Magnificat”carries with it an amazing revelation into the irony of how God has dealt with…
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THE CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE OF MYTHS ARISING FROM THE FACTS OF INJUSTICE
The U.S. Senate releases a report on the use of torture by the Central Intelligence Agency and we see division in the public response. Some react by wishing the Senate had not released it, as it will give our enemies reason to intensify their hatred and use it to paint the U.S. as evil. …