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Playing favorites is always a bad thing; you can do great harm in seemingly harmless ways. (Proverbs 28:21, MSG)

Yes indeed, it is good when you obey the royal law as found in the Scriptures: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you favor some people over others, you are committing a sin. You are guilty of breaking the law. For the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as a person who has broken all of God’s laws. For the same God who said, “You must not commit adultery,” also said,…

Defend the weak; protect the rights of the poor; rescue the needy; and deliver them from unjust power.

“The Thankful Poor” by Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1894 God takes his place in his own assembly.He pronounces judgment among the gods:“How long are you going to judge unfairly?How long are you going to side with wicked people?” Defend weak people and orphans.Protect the rights of the oppressed and the poor.Rescue weak and needy people.Help them escape the power of wicked people. Wicked people do not…

God's big world spins on the axis of grace.

“Benevolent Mercy” by Iowa artist William Butler

If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right. But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers. For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. For he who said, “You shall not commit adultery,” also said,…

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Esta celebración comienza con una bendición y posterior procesión con los ramos de olivo. Los ramos recuerdan el gesto con el que el Señor es bienvenido en Jerusalén y expresan la victoria de Cristo y la alegría de recibirlo, por eso cantamos: “¡Bendito el que viene en nombre del Señor!”.

La palabra “Hosanna”, que ocupa un importante lugar en esta celebración, significa: “¡Danos la…

When I was older and went to another Sunday School I was taught all manner of things about my friend. Things that puzzled me, things my friend said to ignore….

My Buddy Jesus.

Jesus is my friend and that was all I needed to know. He said to me that one day all would be revealed and in the mean time he would tell me those stories I loved to hear.

I was intrigued as to how Jesus had gathered…

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