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How do you identify with Jesus?
Jesus said whatever you do to the least of these my brothers you’ve done it to me. And this is what I’ve come to think. That if I want to identify fully with Jesus Christ, who I claim to be my savior and Lord, the best way that I can do that is to identify [...]
#justicefriday – the Vieled Community
Simply put – people should not be bought and sold.
My thoughts on church buildings
I shared this on Twitter/Facebook Monday night: RT @emergentvillage @jeannemstevens: Churches hold $28B in mortgage debt. That amt could provide clean H20 to 1.4 billion ppl for 20 yrs. I received a couple questions and comments so I thought I’d share my response and comments here as well. I hope you keep in mind that [...]
The gospel and the poor according to Tim Keller
I’ve shared this on Twitter, Friendfeed and Facebook but it’s worth sharing here again as well. It’s not the bite size 11 minutes like Rob Bell’s video from last week, but its a great extended discussion on what the gospel is — and the effect it should have on our lives. Tim’s message goes till [...]
God’s heart for the poor
As noted earlier, God has a huge heart and love for YOU – but he also has a huge heart for EVERYONE ELSE – including the poor, the marginalized, the hurting, the oppressed. And if we’re to be on the side of God – we should be on the side of the poor. As a [...]
God’s dinner party
God, who gets invited to dinner at your place? How do we get on your guest list? “Walk straight, act right, tell the truth. Don’t hurt your friend, don’t blame your neighbor; despise the despicable. Keep your word even when it costs you, make an honest living, never take a bribe. You’ll never get blacklisted [...]
Human Rights Day
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights from Seth Brau on Vimeo. (embedded video) Today is the day we celebrate the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 10, 1948). Heard anything about it today? My wall calendar mentions Human Rights Day – but that’s all I’ve seen. Not even a Google Doodle today. [...]
end poverty!
Today is Blog Action Day 08 – focused on ending poverty. I caught on to this a little late. Sorry about that. But if you’ve read my blog for any length of time I think you’ll know how frustrated I get to see people living in poverty. I think you know it rattles me crazy [...]
A voice from the past?
Read this this morning… seems pretty applicable for today :: “Be generous. Give to the poor. Get yourselves a bank that can’t go bankrupt, a bank in heaven far from bankrobbers, safe from embezzlers, a bank you can bank on. It’s obvious, isn’t it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will [...]
Verse for the day
Ezekiel 16:49-50 “The sin of your sister Sodom was this: She lived with her daughters in the lap of luxury—proud, gluttonous, and lazy. They ignored the oppressed and the poor. They put on airs and lived obscene lives. And you know what happened: I did away with them.” (MSG)
