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Lent 2021: Not What We Give Up But What We Live For – Part 3, Tender Mercy
“This Lent needs to be not what you will give up, but what you will live for. Not how you might demonstrate your piety, but how you might live in true obedience to God. Not what you will prove, but … Continue reading
Lent 2017 – What Will We Live For? – Showing Mercy
“This Lent needs to be not what you will give up, but what you will live for. Not how you might demonstrate your piety, but how you might live in true obedience to God. Not what you will prove, but … Continue reading
Posted in Lent 2017 - What Will We Live For?
Tagged currency, Jesus, mercy, Micah 6:8, Sermon on the Mount
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“The Opposite of Poverty is Justice” – Part 2
I’m reading Bryan Stevenson’s book Just Mercy, A Story of Justice and Redemption. It is both brutally honest and extraordinarily encouraging. As Desmond Tuto says, “Bryan Stevenson is America’s young Nelson Mandela, a brilliant lawyer fighting with courage and conviction … Continue reading
Posted in Hope Changes Everything
Tagged Bryan Stevenson, capital punishment, injustice, Just Mercy, mass incarceration, mercy
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Living as Apprentices 