Forgiveness. What a tired word. It lacks energy. It sounds like it has a “hmphh” in it. It lands like a thud. For Americans, who love everything to be moving forward—new stuff, exciting and heroic stuff—forgiveness sounds about as exciting as going to the library. It feels old. It looks backward. It’s slowing down to […]
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One of the main things I try to teach when I’m speaking on a theology of justice is that justice isn’t just something we do, rather we’re supposed to become just and righteous people who do just and righteous things. Somehow in our fast-paced, modern culture we can get overly focused on the adventure or
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Guest Post by John Sowers When I finished my doctorate in Boston, my head was full of ideas. I wanted to do something to help fatherless kids. Fatherlessness was crushing my close friends and my generation. And I see it every day. In blogs, tweets, and movies. The other day, LeBron James tweeted about how
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Often God blesses us by giving us what He knows we need to live effectively and fulfill the calling He has for us. Both Lewis and Tolkien have interesting ways of expressing this in their two famous book series, The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of the Rings. In The Lion, the Witch and
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While in grad school, I ran across the author Henri Nouwen, who articulated the tension—or paradox—of faith as well as anyone I have read. His answer, unlike most I have heard, does not whitewash the messiness of life or explain away the mystery of God. Rather, Nouwen wrote that an essential part of life is
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Micah Challenge is a global Christian campaign to end extreme poverty. Inspired by scripture, guided by the Holy Spirit, and covered in prayer they advocate for a more just world. Extreme poverty and hunger will not be overcome by securing more food, but by securing more justice. It is for this reason that they engage
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Guest Post by Peter Heltzel U2’s “Sunday Bloody Sunday” was my High School anthem in Mississippi in 1984. Playing it loud at pep rallies, it incited our school spirit, but there was something revelatory about the song; it unveiled a dark undertow of human discord and suffering that we could relate to, especially my African
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A new piece I wrote for RELEVANT Magazine wrestling with some of the ideas brought up in The Grand Paradox was just published. Check out the brief excerpt below and read the rest on their website. ————————————————————————————————————— Deadlines. Relational drama. Global injustice. Multiple jobs. Financial stress. Life is relentlessly difficult and moves insanely fast. The world is
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A common theme in the Old and New Testaments is that “the just shall live by faith.” Why is it that the just person must live by faith? It is simply this: if we are not looking out for ourselves, then we have to trust that God is looking out for us. If—in following Christ’s
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Stephan Bauman is president and CEO of World Relief, a leading international relief and development organization. He is also a poet, ordained minister, and strategist who considers his African friends his most important teachers. Stephan and his wife, Belinda, live near Washington, D.C. with their sons, Joshua and Caleb. His new book, Possible: A Blueprint for Changing How We Change
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