Travyon Martin was an unarmed 17-year-old kid. He was killed carrying a bag of skittles. The right-wing called him a threat.
Kyle Rittenhouse was 17 years old and armed. He shot and killed 2 people with an AR-15. The right-wing calls him a hero.
““You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.”
Leviticus 19:15 ESV
Kent Hughes: “If we are not peacemakers, but instead are troublemakers, there is every likelihood that we are not true children of God.”
That is the final purpose of his dying, not merely that we might be forgiven, or…saved from hell. Rather, it was that a new people might be formed, a new humanity, a new creation, and that a new kingdom be set up, consisting of people like Himself. – D.M. Lloyd-Jones
“There is tremendous relief in knowing that God’s love for me is utterly realistic—based at every point on prior, realistic knowledge of the worst of me—so that no discovery now can disillusion God the way I am so often disillusioned about myself.” J.I. Packer
“Christianity, if false, is of no importance and, if true, is of infinite importance. The one thing it cannot be is moderately important.” – C.S. Lewis
Living in Christ’s Kingdom looks like taking care of widows and orphans, advocating for the poor, improving economies, paying taxes, honoring those in authority, loving our neighbors, pursuing excellence at work, and blessing those who persecute us. Scott Sauls
A 5-year New York Times investigation into hidden Pentagon records shows that a pattern of failures in U.S. airstrikes in the Middle East has killed thousands of civilians, many of them children. None of these records show findings of wrongdoing.
The LORD your God is in your midst… He will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. Zeph: 3:17
infinitesimus 