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I shocked my Sunday School class when I argued that Jesus didn’t always advocate for docile faith.
He modeled compassion by healing the sick and caring for the poor. The respect he showed sinners, prostitutes, lepers, children, and women showed that he saw all people as children of God. And he commanded his followers to love all their neighbors.
Let’s Act
My family traveled a lot, often in developing countries, when I was younger. My little sister would cry when we saw children begging on the street. I thought she was crazy. I couldn’t understand why she felt so emotional about people we didn't know. I believed we were doing all we could and that it was someone else’s responsibility to end systematic poverty.
What if We Actually Followed God?
Culture wars fascinate me. It seems the church culture finds the most hypocritical issues to fixate on.
Church culture seems obsessed with bathrooms but is relatively silent about women being raped and assaulted. The rights of a baker to refuse service to a gay couple is adamantly fought for, while children are ripped from their families and kept in detention centers. We care about respecting a flag while ignoring President disrespecting our values. Culture wars seem more about protecting the privilege our country has granted Christians, then standing for Jesus.