Posts Tagged: "Honor"

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The Injunction To Honor Everyone Contains A Promise…

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One of my influences as a Christian / pastor / thinker / writer is Miroslav Volf – the Croatian theologian, author, and professor of theology at the Yale Divinity School. Three of his books, in particular, have shaped my views: Exclusion & Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Otherness, Identity, and Reconciliation, Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace, and The End of Memory: Remembering Rightly in a Violent World.

There is a beautiful video on The Work of the People’s  website featuring a short interview with Volf. Here are some quotes…

1 Peter 2.17 “Honor Everyone”

The injunction to honor everyone is really revolutionary and extraordinarily significant.

I think it also contains a promise – a promise of possibility – of living with others in a way that… Read More

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When We Sound Like Kanye West (Or How Honor Doesn’t Work)

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You’ve probably heard all about it already.

Over the weekend, Kanye did another one of those Kanye things that makes him look like a self-important jerk.

Quoting from The Independent:

The star stopped the show in Sydney on Friday night and insisted that every member of the audience got up and danced.

Kanye told the crowd: “I can’t do this show until everybody stand up. Unless you got a handicap pass and you get special parking and s**t.” While nearly everyone stood up, Kanye spotted two people still seated and called… Read More