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enemies

Posted by tim gustafson on January 16th, 2012 | 10 responses
I am forced to preach under something of a handicap this morning,” said Dr. Martin Luther King on a November day in 1957. His physician had instructed him to stay in bed, but King insisted on speaking. Paraphrasing the... read more »

near

Posted by winn collier on October 13th, 2011 | 4 responses
Invictus, a film starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon and set in South Africa at apartheid’s end, tells the story of Nelson Mandela’s inaugural years as South Africa’s first black president. The opening scenes are... read more »

rude and racist?

Posted by sheridan voysey on June 20th, 2011 | 17 responses
Jesus could be harsh at times. He called Pharisees “whitewashed tombs” (that is, nice on the outside, disgusting within); He called Herod a “fox”; He even called Peter “Satan” (Matthew 23:27; Luke 13:32; Mark... read more »

smashing serpents

Posted by mike wittmer on March 4th, 2011 | 11 responses
Martin Luther King Jr. famously said that 11 o’clock on Sunday morning is the most segregated hour in America. He meant that white Christians and black Christians often worship in separate churches. Recently I’ve... read more »

when prejudice meets the Word

Posted by marvin williams on August 24th, 2010 | 3 responses
A couple weeks ago I preached a message from the Book of Malachi. The message was simple but very difficult for me to deliver. The major point from the message was: “Correcting injustice in the world, begins with God... read more »

spiritual unity

Posted by Jeff Olson on August 20th, 2010 | 6 responses
Segregating ourselves along ethnic and social lines is a common human practice. We’re simply more comfortable around “our kind” of people, and we tend to keep our distance from those who seem different from... read more »

justice

Posted by winn collier on August 2nd, 2010 | 3 responses
Two of my neighbors, Eugene and Lorraine Williams, have lived a story we all need to hear. Back in 1958, they bought a house on Ridge Street, and the welcome from their white neighbors wasn’t exactly warm—most of... read more »

the walls come tumbling down

Posted by winn collier on June 19th, 2010 | 3 responses
If you perform a Google search for the Rwandan genocide, you’ll encounter thousands of disturbing stories and graphic images. The most disturbing emerge from a church building in Nyarubuye, where between five and ten... read more »

no limits

Posted by Jeff Olson on May 29th, 2010 | 4 responses
The other day I spotted a man in a wheelchair rocking back and forth on a street corner. One of his front wheels was stuck in a crack on the curb, and he was struggling to get loose. Moments later, a kind man came along and... read more »

made in God's image

Posted by sheridan voysey on November 29th, 2009 | no responses
My wife, Merryn, and I once visited a large market in Sydney. On that day a man was cutting out small silhouettes of people’s faces from black cardstock. He would complete one in two minutes for two dollars. We gave... read more »
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