I think Confederate Battle Flag is a symbol that causes a great deal of division and reminds us of a really hurtful legacy and past... I think there are some Southerners, black and white, who feel as though the rest of the country looks down on the South as uneducated and backward. And for some people, that was a symbol of defiance against that.
Russell D. MooreFor too long, weโve called unbelievers to โinvite Jesus into your life.โ Jesus doesnโt want to be in your life. Your life is a wreck. Jesus calls you into his life. And his life isnโt boring or purposeless or static. Itโs wild and exhilarating and unpredictable.
Russell D. MooreWhen we adoptโand when we encourage a culture of adoption in our churches and communitiesโweโre picturing something thatโs true about our God. We, like Jesus, see what our Father is doing and do likewise (John 5:19). And what our Father is doing, it turns out, is fighting for orphans, making them sons and daughters.
Russell D. MooreThe biblical picture is not one of an upward, linear progress or a precipitous, downward decline. It is a more complicated picture of a fallen world in which there is a gospel of power.
Russell D. MooreCharleston was where America split apart in 1861. Maybe it's where America comes together in 2015.
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