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When we begin enacting the new world, the nations will follow.  Nations will not lead us to peace; it is people who will lead nations to peace as they begin to humanize the nations. -The Irresistiable Revolution (Shane Claiborne)
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Let us cleave, therefore, to those who cultivate peace with godliness, and not to those who hypocritically profess to desire it.  For [the Scripture] saith in a certain place, "This people honoureth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me."  And again:  "They bless with their mouth, but curse with their heart."  And again it saith, "They ( Read more... )

In the tenth chapter of the Gospel of Mark, we encounter two people who come from opposite life situations, though not really.  We have a rich, young man and a blind beggar.  The first man asks Jesus for his blessing, and so, Jesus asks him to let go his riches and to follow him.  The rich man goes away with great sorrow, because it is too much to ( Read more... )

     When the guilty are humble, they are miserable to behold. Due wrath, a terrible and unyeilding justice, gives them failure of heart. A harsh response, a rough forgiveness strained through a stubborn wound, gives them little relief. However, a whole forgiveness, expressed in such a way that casts out all fear, restores the broken.
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I can understand a man concluding that he has no soul. When I look within myself and see carnal recklessness, apathy concerning the future, and all forms of immediate self-preservation and self-indulgence, all stampeding the meekness of neighbor, I too wonder if I am borne on naught but chemical reaction. Yet, I, and any whose life experience has ( Read more... )