“A God who does not get angry when evil destroys the creation he loves is ultimately not a loving God at all. . . . As some have pointed out, you have to have had a pretty comfortable life — without any experience of oppression and injustice yourself — to not want a God who […]
“We are not called to fix the world but to faithfully respond with the resources, strength, and love we have. . . . The call to justice is not about fruitfulness but faithfulness. . . . In God’s way of doing things, the small, hidden, incremental acts of love have a way of being harnessed […]
“When it comes to responsibility for injustice, the Bible recognizes complexity. . . . Biblical injustice teaches me that I am responsible for my sins, yet I may also be complicit, responsible, and involved in other people’s sins and injustices.”- Timothy Keller “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of […]
“The Spirit wants to make you dangerously noncompliant in a broken world. Ask God for a mountain.”- John Ortberg John Ortberg concludes The Me I Want to Be with Chapter 22 (“Ask God for a Mountain”). He first observes that yearning for a problem-free life results in death by boredom. Thus, as you work to […]