Lets be clear. Scripture NEVER endorses vengeance or hatred toward another. Good News brings something different. So lets keep Scripture the way it is intended.
The miracle of Pentecost isn’t that divided people learn to speak one lingua franca—the dream of every Empire. It’s that we learn to speak & understand languages that aren’t our own—the joy & struggle of Beloved Community.
Doing justice for our neighbors, whether they believe in Christ or not is, paradoxically, one of the best recommendations for the faith. Like Jesus, we must be mighty in both word and deed (Luke 24: 19).
If some Christians devoted as much energy to dismantling racism as they did in trying to minimize racism, Jesus would shine more brightly.
It’s sad when the unbelieving world sees certain things more clearly than those who claim to be Christian.
This is what it means to be a Christian—to live with radical abandonment for the glory of Jesus. To see the mission of Christ as the purpose of our lives.
Lord, so many of my problems stem from not remembering you. I forget your wisdom and so I worry. I forget your grace and so I get complacent. I forget your mercy and so I get resentful of others. Help me remember who you are every moment of the day. Amen.
On Palm Sunday, they proclaimed "Hosanna!" Just days later, some shouted "Crucify Him!"
Even when the crowds turn or winds of culture shift...Be steadfast. Be faithful.
May our devotion and allegiance be to Jesus and Jesus alone. Amen.
Amid the spread of anti-Asian hate, I often get asked, "What can I do?"
Start by listening.
Listen to us as we pour out our hearts. Listen, act, and stand in solidarity with us. - https://t.co/Yb7T9ArFpq #StopAsianHate