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Real Love In Action
Around the year ad 125, Christians were being severely persecuted and even murdered for their faith. To turn the tide of public opinion, a gifted Christian writer named Aristides crafted a detailed defense of Christianity and delivered it to the Roman emperor Hadrian. Look at how Aristides described the selfless way Christians served people in...
The Gift of Going Second (Pt 2 of 2)
Click here to read Part 1 of this article Chris’s band played a few songs, and Crystal and I sat at the table in silence. I felt terrible for making her feel so awkward. After they were done with their set, I made the decision to apologize to her. Steve, the lead singer of my...
The Gift of Going Second (Pt 1 of 2)
It was fall, so the sun began to set before four o’clock in the afternoon. The temperature dropped dramatically when the light disappeared. On my way out the door, I grabbed a jacket and a scarf. My West Texas upbringing left me ill equipped for temperatures below seventy degrees. I was on my way to...
Shalom, the Fruit of Justice (Pt 4/4)
In the Hebrew language, the word tzedek is often translated in the Bible as justice, but it has a much larger meaning—it can also be translated as righteousness or as charity. Justice—righteousness—is about putting yourself and the societal values to one side and trying hard to live in the God values that the prophets and...
Shalom, the Fruit of Justice (Pt 3/4)
In the gospel of Luke, when Jesus announces what it is he has come to do, he announces it in the synagogue (where Jews had gathered to learn about the Scriptures) by reading a passage from the prophet Isaiah. He eventually came to His hometown, Nazareth, and did there what He had done elsewhere in...
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