Taking great liberties with the abbreviation, a UFO is an Unexpected Finding in the Old Testament.
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Taking great liberties with the abbreviation, a UFO is an Unexpected Finding in the Old Testament.
So today we pray that you help us see the people, the needs, beyond our vision;
blinded by privilege we cannot see, protected by the sheer grace of birth.
If I had it to do over I would stop worrying about what everyone thought about me, quit playing it safe, and dare to be the prophet speaking the word of God.
if White Christians are going to stand in solidarity with Blacks, Whites must know Black History. In this article, I will share a few reasons as to why White Christians must be students of Black History.
Central to our faith story is the destruction of a nationalistic, racial, and religious wall. To lean into the kingdom of heaven, with all of its “now and not yet” is to live.
If we look at the world around us and think that there is no way that we could ever find unity in Christ with our political opponents, or people who frighten us because they come from half a world away.
We need her leavening influence to grow into the kind of community that more fully embodies the Jesus Way. Churches of Christ need the leavening of those like her.
It is in these times when it is most imperative that I remember my true calling as a Christian – to love each and every person as Jesus does.
When the next election comes, it may be bitter and divisive. The candidates and their policies will not reflect Jesus. That is how the world works. Remind your people it will be okay. Set the example.
We’ll take a look at the gap between perception and reality, the difference between the state’s job and the church’s, and how justice and mercy shape Christians’ prophetic stance.
One of the fundamental stances we take during an election year (and any year) is that of being strangers in the world. We are strangers in this nation, this culture.
My King rules today, he will rule after the election, and his will is going to be done no matter who wins. I do want people to know Jesus. And I trust God to do whatever necessary to make that possible.
One of the prevailing sins of American churches is that we claim God can give security in this life, though we have no right to offer such security.
You may assume you believe and live the Gospel of Jesus. It would be a bad assumption to make, because we are all so likely to misunderstand and mishandle the gospel that Christ is putting into us.
We never come to a conversation without baggage. Name it and claim it--you have baggage, too. We're always dragging our stuff with us, and that’s expected, but revealing it saves trouble along the way.
Richard Beck explains the often-irrational reactions to things (and people) we perceive as "unclean."
We are now utterly inundated by insincere, dollar-faced words, to such an extent that we can’t always distinguish between words of authenticity and the words of a sales pitch.
In the current election season I have felt a pressing need to address the people of God and urge them to speak and act in a way that represents Jesus.
“Practical” isn’t the way we make decisions in the Kingdom of God. We follow a Lord who did the impractical and died on our behalf. And he tells us to take up our cross and follow him.
Stop talking and listen. And God willing, we will give a better answer than Cain: “Here they are, I see and I hear my brother and sisters.”