I’ve been studying the history of slavery for years. It began with an interest in the Civil War and the American Slave Trade in high school, turned into a study of Roman and Christian forms of slavery in graduate school and then evolved over the last decade to a study of advocacy movements in history […]
Dr. Brian Fikkert is the Founder and Executive Director of the Chalmers Center for Economic Development, a research and training center that is dedicated to helping churches and missionaries to declare the kingdom of God by bringing economic development and spiritual transformation to the poor. Brian also serves as a Professor of Economics and Community
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[Adapted from Chapter 12 in Pursuing Justice: The Call to Live and Die for Bigger Things] In Matthew 7:12 Jesus says, “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.” We know it as the golden rule. American culture, however, has twisted
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Shane Claiborne is an author and the visionary leader of The Simple Way, a faith community in inner city Philadelphia that has helped birth and connect radical faith communities around the world. His adventures have taken him from the streets of Calcutta where he worked with Mother Teresa, to the suburbs of Chicago where he
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If you really wanted to badly enough, you could be eating dinner in Paris by midnight. Or you could be standing on top of the Empire State Building, or even walking on the Great Wall of China. We live in an age of unbounded possibilities. The sky is the limit, and we are consumed with
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This past Saturday it was my pleasure to speak at the Free Austin Summit hosted by Allies Against Slavery. I was tasked with presenting the philosophical and theological groundwork for justice for those in attendance. Justice is for the long haul. A specific cause can’t be a cut flower—something attractive but lacking deep roots—nor just another
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Guest Post by Melissa McCreery This is Part 2 of a 2 Part series. Read Part 1here How can you and I make a difference in education reform around the world, and the way we view education in our own lives? Unfortunately, like so many things in life, there isn’t a clear or easy answer.
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Jim Martin is the Vice President of Spiritual Formation for International Justice Mission. IJM is a human rights agency that secures justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression. His recent book, The Just Church, is a practical guide for churches to engage in life-giving justice ministry. KW: What led you to
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Immature love says: ‘I love you because I need you.’ Mature love says ‘I need you because I love you.’ – Erich Fromm
Guest Post by Ben Larson The lyrics and video below are from my new song “No Crow.” It was inspired by the book The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander. It would take too long to recap the whole book here, but here are two statistics from it that might totally change the way you think about
