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How long, O Lord?
9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. 10 They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” 11 Then each of…
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What’s wrong with the world?
What is wrong with the world?
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The News of the Day and Advent
The world overlooks the small corners of the world, but it is in those small corners that the Kingdom will often show up.
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God WILL fix it… you just won’t like HIS answer
God doesn’t consult our foreign policy experts to decide how he will deal with those who wreak havoc on this world.
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Persecution
Christians are singled out yet again in an attack in Kenya. Gunmen attacked a university campus in northeastern Kenya early Thursday, clashing with guards, forcing their way into dormitories, taking hostages and singling out non-Muslims, the authorities said. We need prayers lifted up to the Father today.
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The intolerant look for any excuse
NIAMEY, Niger — The Niger government says at least 45 churches have been set on fire in this predominantly Muslim West African nation in protests over French cartoons lampooning Islam’s prophet. In a statement issued Monday, the government also declared three days of national mourning for the 10 people who died amid the violent protests that first began on Friday.…
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The Kingdom of God and severe reactions
It’s a bit of an odd world when, in the past few weeks, we’ve had some deep American need to “defend free speech” by going to see a very stupid movie about North Korea. And now, it’s everyone claiming, “I am Charlie Hebdo” in response to the terrorist attacks in Paris on a satirical newspaper. We’re defending the right to…
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When will the body count bother us?
Not as Americans, but as Christians, when will the news we refuse to pay attention to finally start to jolt us? The New York Times has a picture at the top of their website showing body bags of a Syrian family. The report is death by nerve gas. Thousands, thousands, have perished in Syria. Hundreds, if not into the thousands,…
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Violence in Our World
The bombing in Boston has shaken us again. We will be on the lookout again for the perpetrators, and then we will ask, “WHY?” In our time, we are fixated on “WHY” as if we should somehow be exempt from problems. Somehow violence needs to be “over there” and not “here.” Violence is a part of the human condition. A…
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The Terrorism Without… and Within
It is rare that I interact politically on this blog. I’ve done it, I’m sure, but most of the time when I make a political comment, it’s on my Facebook page or somewhere else. However, I cannot leave a couple of news items alone. The first is the terrorism without. Thomas Friedman wrote a column that is scary. Friedman is…
Tag: Terrorism
