"...our ability to connect the excess in our lives to the lack in our neighbors' lives attests to our new life in Christ." D. Gilliard (For the complete quote, click the link below.)
Tag: economic injustice
Quote of Note #260: Justice & the Power of Privilege
"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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
Quote of Note #253: Justice Rooted in Love
"Love is the fiery heart beating at the center of the urgent call for justice in our world." J. Tisby (For the complete quote, click the link below.)
Bible Note #69: A Grace-based Society after God’s Heart
"This graciousness and free generosity that we see expressed both in the gospel of salvation and in God’s vision for society are both rooted in the character of God—our gracious, generous, compassionate God." (For the complete post, click the link below.)
Quote of Note #237/Prayer Note #71: Right Use of our Surplus
"Grant that all who have a surplus of this bread may know by this very fact that they are appointed as servants, as dispensers of thy grace, that they are in thy service and in the service of others." K. Barth (click link below for full quote)
Quote of Note #223: The Human Destructive Inclination toward the Stranger
"We know what our race does to strangers. Man destroys or enslaves every species he can. Civilized man murders, enslaves, cheats, and corrupts savage man. Even inanimate nature he turns into dust bowls and slag-heaps." C. S. Lewis (click link to read full quote)
Quote of Note #222: Ethical Capitalism & the Danger of Wealth
"Why is wealth such a threat...? First, wealth allows the rich to separate themselves from others--to become independent of others and isolated from the needs of others." L. Sweet
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