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Ponder a curious fact about the witness of the early Christians in light of our tendency to focus on electoral politics as the weapon of choice to “change the world.” Following the example of Jesus, the early Christians ignored the state. Instead, they extended care and aid to those in their community who were destitute and in need. The early Christians sold their land and possessions, sharing them with each other so that “there were no needy persons among them”
Stranger God
Richard Beck
Ironically, most violence comes from a deep desire for justice. No one likes weeds in their garden. And no one likes evil in the world. We all would like to rid the world of evil (and have gardens free of weeds), which is probably why all the talk of good and evil is so attractive. But the problem, says Jesus, is that if we try to pull up the weeds from the garden, we will rip the wheat up too. In Matthew 13:24–30, he gives a firm command to let the wheat and the weeds grow together, and to let God sort them out at the harvest.
The Irresistible Revolution
Shane Claiborne
I’ve isolated three eye-blink moments—first the impulse, then the awareness, then a choice—that comprise the crucial intervals between the trigger and our eventual behavior.
Triggers
Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter
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