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It took six pies to finish the roof. I had not known that pies were such an important part of construction.
“What if we reimagined “temptation” in the Lord’s Prayer to primarily be about the temptation to misuse our power? Would that help the Western church avoid its frequent spiritual and sexual abuse scandals—scandals that are ultimately about power gone wrong?”
― The Justice of Jesus: Reimagining Your Church’s Life Together to Pursue Liberation and Wholeness
― The Justice of Jesus: Reimagining Your Church’s Life Together to Pursue Liberation and Wholeness
“Within a totalizing system, the nature of the threat mattered less than the presence of one.”
― Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
― Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
“My thesis is that theological retrieval would perhaps have even more integrity if it were paired with what we might call theological repudiation when the nature of the case requires it.”
― Crafting the Reformed Tradition: Studies in Honor of Donald K. McKim—Churchman and Scholar
― Crafting the Reformed Tradition: Studies in Honor of Donald K. McKim—Churchman and Scholar
“This book is an attempt to broaden Western Christians’ understanding of the just and liberating gospel of Jesus—a gospel that has always been good news for our neighbors in poverty and oppression.”
― The Justice of Jesus: Reimagining Your Church’s Life Together to Pursue Liberation and Wholeness
― The Justice of Jesus: Reimagining Your Church’s Life Together to Pursue Liberation and Wholeness
“In many ways, the Western Christian imagination has shaped us to only see two ideal possibilities for engagement with our Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, and Sikh neighbors: convert or leave. Convert or be deported. Convert or “go back to where you came from.” Convert or have your entire culture erased. Convert or go to hell.”
― The Justice of Jesus: Reimagining Your Church’s Life Together to Pursue Liberation and Wholeness
― The Justice of Jesus: Reimagining Your Church’s Life Together to Pursue Liberation and Wholeness
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