“Reclaiming the American idea against all this means returning to the beginning: to our basic commitment to the inexhaustible, inviolable dignity of every person, and to our recognition that an effective and enduring politics can only be built atop this fundamental conviction.”
Ben Sasse, Them: Why We Hate Each Other–and How to Heal. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2018, page 135.
Related posts:
Pastor Note #140: Getting My Bearings in These Times, A Beginning
Pastor Note #141: Getting My Bearing for These Times (Cont.): Rejecting Coercion
Pastor Note #134/Bible Note #55: Love of Jesus, Love of Neighbor
Pastor Note #129: How Would Christian Nationalist Government Work?
Pastor Note #138: The Way of Jesus: Selfless Service OR Coercion and Domination?
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