social justice

“I am glad George Tiller is dead.” Those words were not uttered by Tiller’s murderer (to my knowledge). Instead, they were uttered by someone who claims to believe in the Bible. They were uttered by a former VP in the Southern Baptist Convention. They were uttered by a pastor of the First Southern Baptist...
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CNN reported Obama’s statements following Dr. George Tiller’s murder: “However profound our differences as Americans over difficult issues such as abortion, they cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence.” I AGREE WITH THE PRESIDENT (on this issue)! The senseless murder of an abortion doctor or of an unborn baby will not resolve our...
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The second question that Michael Wittmer asks in his book Don’t Stop Believing: Why Living Like Jesus Is Not Enough is, “Do right beliefs get in the way of good works?” Wittmer asks this question because he felt like his very conservative background “reduced the Christian life to little more than an information dump”....
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After learning about the global crisis of poverty in a previous post we are left with the question, “What now?” When we consider all of the problems in the world that are brought on by greed, materialism, or quests for power many of us are left despairing that we can’t do anything to help....
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This post is the first in a two part series on poverty. This first post seeks to understand the desperate need of the homeless and our collected complacency to do anything about it. The next post is linked at the bottom and will help reveal some practical steps we can all take to alleviate...
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An Intended Meaning Organic and Sustainable Christianity has a double meaning. One meaning has to do with what a Christian believes, the other is how a Christian responds because of that belief. What do we believe about the world? That God created it? That since creation, humanity has fallen and has brought suffering in...
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Wall Street and our politicians think they have the answers to our economic woes, but maybe the answers should come from Main Street instead. Apart from being forced to give Wall Street one trillion dollars there are several things that “Main Street” can do voluntarily to keep the economy from going under. Don’t make...
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Well, it is now official…I own Google. I actually only own about 1/10th of one share through my mutual fund, but I take pride in it. For the longest time I have been one of Google’s best viral marketers. I was inviting people to gmail when you still had to have an invitation to...
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India made the front page of the Boston Globe today. The title of the article was, “‘Girl deficit’ grows in India,” and it was an article about why millions of girls are being aborted in India. According to the Boston Globe, there are several reasons why this tragedy is happening. First of all, girls...
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