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A thriving congregation depends on the active participation of its members, and Walter Wink explores that dynamic with depth and compassion. His remarks consider the spiritual, social, and ethical dimensions of belonging, urging believers to embody the radical love and justice at the heart of their faith communities.

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“The practical consequence of both of the teachings noted is to encourage homosexual promiscuity. Church members can engage in many short-term liaisons without raising questions about their standing in the church. We tend not to pry into one another's private…

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“The practical consequence of both of the teachings noted is to encourage homosexual promiscuity. Church members can engage in many short-term liaisons without raising…

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Evil can be opposed without being mirrored. Oppressors can be resisted without being emulated. Enemies can be neutralized without being destroyed.

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“Violent revolution fails because it is not revolutionary enough. It changes the rulers but not the rules, the ends but not the means. Most…

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“The gospel, then, is not a message about the salvation of individuals from the world, but news about a world transfigured, right down to…

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“Violent revolution fails because it is not revolutionary enough. It changes the rulers but not the rules, the ends but not the means.”

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The 'peace' the gospel brings is never the absence of conflict, but an ineffable divine reassurance within the heart of conflict; a peace that…

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Prayer infuses the air of a time yet to be into the suffocating atmosphere of the present.

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“Personal redemption cannot take place apart from the redemption of our social structures.”

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The tragedy is not that nonviolence did not work against the Nazis, but that it was so seldom utilized... The churches as a whole…

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