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Another sensitive topic on the issue of trees has been the geographic source of these trees. Ascherman assured me that the olive trees that Rabbis for Human Rights donates to Palestinian villages are Israeli olive trees, "born and raised" in Jewish Israeli nurseries only. He presents this as a type of distributive justice: the Palestinian olive
... See moreCommuter Christianity (living in salubrious suburbia and commuting to an urban church) is no
Timothy Keller, Daniel Strange, Gabriel Salguero, • Center Church
The expectation of the restored land has become focused on restored human beings. Jesus offered people ‘inheritance’, and greater possessions than they would have abandoned; but he regularly construed this in terms of human lives and human communities that were being renewed and restored through the coming of the kingdom.233 The pearl of great
... See moreN. T. Wright • Jesus Victory of God V2: Christian Origins And The Question Of God
Being with Jesus, transformed into his true identity, Zacchaeus did what his true identity knew to do. He returned what he had stolen and began to live generously. Zacchaeus had been hoarding money, living 180 degrees opposite of his true identity. When he met Jesus, he moved into his true identity and gave money away.
Jamie Winship • Living Fearless
At the 2015 SDA General Conference Session, the delegates reaffirmed their faith and confidence in Ellen White’s writings by saying, “We reaffirm our conviction that her writings are divinely inspired, truly Christ-centered, and Bible-based. Rather than replacing the Bible, they uplift the normative character of Scripture and correct inaccurate
... See moreEric Mason • Urban Apologetics
The biblical story is the story of community, from beginning to end. Jesus lived and modeled community with his little band of disciples. He always sent them out in pairs, and the early church is the story of a people who were together and were of one heart and mind, sharing all in common. The story ends with a vision of the new community in the
... See moreShane Claiborne • The Irresistible Revolution, Updated and Expanded: Living as an Ordinary Radical
The white American church split in two from 1908 through the 1920s. Rauschenbusch’s followers were called Modernists (known today as the liberal church). The conservative faction launched the Fundamentalist movement,
Lisa Sharon Harper • The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right
Brendan Schlagel
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For cities inside Canaan, they should operate by a principle called cherem, under which everything is dedicated to YHWH and devoted to destruction.