I believe scripture is not just resilient but rebellious against its abuse by people. Scripture says it refuses to be used in that way for long. That is why the gospel that has been used by the oppressors is the… — Allan Boesak Copy Share Image
What always strikes me in the story of Cain and Abel is how often the word "brother" is used. Cain killed his "brother." God… — Allan Boesak Copy Share Image
I think "post-racial" is a dangerous trap. You can fall into complacency and give your complicity a much more dangerous character. — Allan Boesak Copy Share Image
I've been a politician and so I'm sometimes cynical about what politicians won't do. When I hear a politician say something that makes no… — Allan Boesak Copy Share Image
I believe scripture is not just resilient but rebellious against its abuse by people. Scripture says it refuses to be used in that way… — Allan Boesak Copy Share Image
The God of the Bible is the God of liberation rather than oppression; a God of justice rather than injustice; a God of freedom… — Allan Boesak Copy Share Image
Ordinary people - churches, too - have a role to force politicians to respond. Governments are not impressed with theories, but governments are impressed… — Allan Boesak Copy Share Image
Ubuntu is not a biblical concept but an ancient African one. Nevertheless it falls back on one simple thing: that humans have been created… — Allan Boesak Copy Share Image
And besides, it drives the dragon crazy when you sing about his downfall even though you are bleeding — Allan Boesak Copy Share Image
“When we go before Him, God will ask, "Where are your wounds?" And we will say, "I have no wounds." And God will ask,… — Allan Boesak Copy Share Image
The fundamentalists may have created a personalized Jesus we don't even recognize, but the liberals' Jesus, too, is an individualized Jesus who serves the… — Allan Boesak Copy Share Image
If your starting point for understanding humanity is a racialist viewpoint, with superiority and inferiority projected onto people because of the color of their… — Allan Boesak Copy Share Image
