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Sabbath, in the first instance, is not about worship. It is about work stoppage. It is about withdrawal from the anxiety system of Pharaoh, the…

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And when we take ourselves too seriously, we are grim about the brothers and sisters, especially the dissenting ones, and there will…
Compassion constitutes a radical form of criticism, for it announces that the hurt is to be taken seriously, that the hurt is…
Those who sign on and depart the system of anxious scarcity become the historymakers in the neighborhood.
Sabbath, in the first instance, is not about worship. It is about work stoppage. It is about withdrawal from the anxiety system…
The task of prophetic ministry is to nurture, nourish, and evoke a consciousness and perception alternative to the consciousness and perception of…
The gospel is fiction when judged by the empire, but the empire is fiction when judged by the gospel.
When serious people of good faith disagree, they've got to go back into the narratives and come at it again. One of…
People notice peacemakers because they dress funny. We know how the people who make war dress - in uniforms and medals, or…
Imagination is a danger thus every totalitarian regime is frightened of the artist. It is the vocation of the prophet to keep…
We pray because our life comes from God and we yield it back in prayer. Prayer is a great antidote to the…
The power of the future lies not in the hands of those who believe in scarcity but of those who trust God's…
We now know that human transformation does not happen through didacticism or through excessive certitude, but through the playful entertainment of another…

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They say the Pharaohs built the pyramids Do you think one Pharaoh dropped one bead of sweat? We built the pyramids for… — Anna Louise Strong
Trace of Magic caught me up fast and pulled me in tight for a fun, action-and-sass adventure full of deadly magic and… — Devon Monk
Anyone who makes the life of Jewish people difficult or grievous, as did the Pharaoh, as did Hitler, will be cursed by… — John Hagee
Sabbath, in the first instance, is not about worship. It is about work stoppage. It is about withdrawal from the anxiety system… — Walter Brueggemann
PLAGUE, n. In ancient times a general punishment of the innocent for admonition of their ruler, as in the familiar instance of… — Ambrose Bierce
You can be a pharaoh. Like, a pharaoh means, that which you will become. — Jaden Smith
Now, after these things were done, the Pharaoh and his Queen drove through the hosts of Egypt in their golden chariot, and… — H. Rider Haggard
Here is the operating motto of the Obama White House: 'So let it be written, so let it be done!' Like Yul… — Michelle Malkin
It could hardly be made since the pyramids, it is thought, were erected in the predynastic age under the regency of Pharaoh… — Michael Tsarion
...Khufu who is believed to have been the pharaoh who commissioned the building of the great pyramid at Giza. — Michael Tsarion
Revolution does have to be violent precisely because the Pharaoh won't let you go. If the Pharaoh would let you go, the… — Michael Hardt
In the Bible, we first encounter God when he sides with a bunch of slaves against a powerful Pharaoh, an act of… — Desmond Tutu

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