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such people are making a category error: the question to ask is not whether this or that approach *works*, but rather whether it’s *faithful*, whether it’s *obedient to Jesus*.
repetition and summation
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If insulin remains elevated, the fat isn’t available. Nor is protein, which our cells can also use for fuel if necessary: insulin also works to keep the protein stored away in the muscles. We can’t use the carbohydrates we’ve stored in the liver and muscle tissue, either, because the insulin keeps that supply locked up as well. As a result, the cells find themselves starved for fuel, and we quite literally feel their hunger. Either we eat sooner than we otherwise would have or we eat more when we do eat, or both.
Why We Get Fat
Gary Taubes
When we confess “Jesus is lord” we are leaving behind systems that operate by coercion, violence and punishment. Mennonites have long recognized that following Jesus occurs in our bodies and with our lives. We remove ourselves from military service because we refuse to harm or kill people at the direction of the state. We affirm that all people are made in the image of God. We believe that it is incumbent upon the church to discuss and discern policing as another form of state-sanctioned violence.
Abolition Curriculum - Introduction and Purpose | Mennonite Church USA
mennoniteusa.org
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