Archive for March, 2012
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Rejecting Violence
30 Mar 2012Put your sword back! These are the last words – a definitive rebuke – the disciples hear from Jesus before…
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Nothing in Return
29 Mar 2012As long as we look for some kind of pay for what we do, as long as we want to…
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Be Converted!
28 Mar 2012How easy it is to denounce structural injustice, institutionalized violence, social sin! And it is true, this sin is everywhere,…
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God Comes to Us
27 Mar 2012So if we are honest, we have to say that we cannot reach the goal. We cannot become what we…
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The Whole Christ
26 Mar 2012The image of a sweet, gentle Savior, like the thought of an all-loving God, is wonderful, but it is only…
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Followers and Admirers
23 Mar 2012The difference between an admirer and a follower still remains, no matter where you are. The admirer never makes any…
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Iron Saints
22 Mar 2012“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me” (Gal. 2:20). These words…
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Why Do You Love Christ?
21 Mar 2012Many love Christ as long as they encounter no hardship; many praise and bless him as long as they receive…
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol
20 Mar 2012…And thus we rust Life’s iron chain Degraded and alone: And some men curse, and some men weep, And some…
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Baptism
19 Mar 2012The needs of the world are too great, the suffering and pain too extensive, the lures of the world too…