"Privilege aborts justice, leading judicial systems, power structures, and governments to treat a person or group preferentially--with more compassion and dignity than others...." (For the complete quote, click the link below.)
Prayer Note #241: Christlike Relationships
"Lord, my God, kind and faithful: Keep me reverent in my dealings with every human being, whether friend or ‘foe’, by reminding me that they bear your image and likeness." (For the complete prayer, click the link below.)
Quote of Note #259: The True Ground of Democracy
". . . you may believe fallen men to be so wicked that not one of them can be trusted with any responsible power over his fellows. That I believe to be the true ground of democracy." C. S. Lewis (To see the complete quote, click on the link below.)
Quote of Note #258: God’s Presence in the Raging Storm
"God comes specifically and gladly into the midst of disasters and the sphere of death." H. Thielicke (For full quote, click the link below.)
Quote of Note #257: The Ruthless Use of Power
"Too often the price extracted by society for security and respectability is that the Christian movement in its formal expression must be on the side of the strong against the weak." H. Thurman (For complete quote, click the link below.)
Pastor Note #147: The Danger and Dysfunction of the Pentagon’s Religions List
"What is certain is that all Christians should be very wary of any government that attempts to decide what constitutes true Christianity. As soon as it does, all Christians are in trouble." (For complete post, click the link below.)
Quote of Note #256: God on His Terms, Not Ours
". . . a way of life open and responsive to what God is doing rather than one in which we plot strategies to get God involved in what we are doing." E. Peterson (For the complete quote, click the link below."
Quote of Note #255: Following the Jesus Way
"...the very 'Way' Jesus walked on earth was and is: to be building a community of thankful healed persons busy in redeeming ordinary activities with joy, sharing gifts and goods to fill communal needs (cf. Acts 4:32-35), quietly exorcizing the spirit of vanity, violence, greed, and pride infecting leaders like a deadly virus." C. Seerveld (For complete quote, click the link below.)
Prayer Note #240: Christ the Victor
"I am a mess. But in your will, I am not meant to be a mess. I am made by you with the intent that I should shine with the glorious goodness of your image. Your purpose for me is that I should bear the light of your likeness into this darkened world." (To see the complete prayer, click the link below.)
Quote of Note #254: Not by Violence but by Self-Giving Love
"At the heart of John’s kingdom theology is God’s love revealed in the death of his Son, the Lamb, the Messiah. This is conquest, but by love. This is power, but in weakness. This is kingship, but in self-giving suffering for others." Wright & Bird (For the full quote, click the link below.)
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