The Messiah the earth cried for now cries to be held by Mary and will soon cry in torment of the cross of salvation. He came to suffer because he came to save. The angels sang because finally hope had come.
“As is usually the case, those who lived at the time did not fully comprehend the enormous consequences of the events they witnessed.”
― The Story of Christianity: Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day
― The Story of Christianity: Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day
“The gospel will dominate a person and part of the reconstruction of that person will be a reorienting of our view of everything, including race.”
― Letters to a Birmingham Jail: A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
― Letters to a Birmingham Jail: A Response to the Words and Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“On your very worst, most rebellious, and most faithless day, you can run into the holy presence of your heavenly Father and he will not turn you away. Your acceptance has not been, nor will it ever be, based on your performance.”
― New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional
― New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional
“Cities are not only diverse culturally, but also socioeconomically. In urban settings, in a one-mile area, one can see extreme poverty intertwined with extreme wealth. This disparity can result in an “us” versus “them” mentality. People naturally form identities in groups according to their economic status. And these groups, living side by side, live in a state of conflict.”
― Among Wolves: Disciple-Making in the City
― Among Wolves: Disciple-Making in the City
“The United States, despite an active ideology that preaches equality, in fact has the most unequal distribution of wealth of any industrialized nation (Philips, 1988). The top one percent of the population controls over 70 percent of the wealth, and the top 5 percent control over 90 percent.9”
― Among Wolves: Disciple-Making in the City
― Among Wolves: Disciple-Making in the City
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