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Can you list three genocides that occurred in the past century? Quite possibly you’ll name the Holocaust. If you’re thinking on your feet, you’ll remember Rwanda. Coming up with a third might seem impossible. Amazingly, people know so little about genocides that have occurred in the last one hundred years. This is not only due to ignorance, but to the world’s reluctance to act in response to mass murder. In more than one instance, the U.S. and her allies have turned their backs on this treacherous act.
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So many of the young men who fought in World War II signed up with their buddies, yet returned without them. These men underwent horrors that most can not even begin to imagine. They faced dangers constantly and even so, persisted for what they believed in: freedom.
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September 23, 2007 3:01 pm
September 17, 2007 6:17 pm
Naturally, most people are critics. And if someone criticizes us, what is our automatic reaction? For many of us, it is to immediately fire back with criticism of our own. What sort of healthy relationship is this? The “you judge me, I judge you” attitude is not positive and leaves no room for love.
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Categories: Luke's Ponderings
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“At our church we only read out of the King James Version because we believe it is the most accurate.” Have you ever heard that before? If you haven’t, change “King James Version” and replace it with another publication of the bible and that may seem more familiar. Maybe you’ve heard it come out of your own mouth!
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When you are making an effort to do something, you usually go out of your way. People devote themselves to what is important to them and there their efforts will lie. Not only does this version tell us we are to make an effort to build people up, but to do so every possible instance! Easy? No. You’re *using energy* to accomplish it.
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Christ didn’t ask people to merely complete rituals, instead it was a challenge that would look different from person to person as it is carried out. Living out basic rituals is by far easier than living out the dynamic concept of loving people as yourself. However, while more difficult, it is far more interesting not only to the individual acting, but also to those around him/her.
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