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I didn't understand how my own general beliefs—that the poor should be lifted up, prisoners freed, wars ended, and justice done—echoed biblical imperatives. I was just excited to begin.
“One thing that's clear in the Scriptures is that the nations do not lead people to peace; rather, people lead the nations to peace.”
― Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals
― Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals
“Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.”
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“Today the logic goes something like this: 'Calling a ruler Son of God is out of style. No one really does that nowadays. We can support a president while also worshiping Jesus as the Son of God.' But how is this possible? For one says that we must love our enemies, and the other says we must kill them; one promotes the economics of competition, while the other admonishes the forgiveness of debts. To which do we pledge allegiance?”
― Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals
― Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals
“For even if the whole world believed in resurrection, little would change until we began to practice it. We can believe in CPR, but people will remain dead until someone breathes new life into them. And we can tell the world that there is life after death, but the world really seems to be wondering if there is life before death.”
― The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical
― The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical
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