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Lent Day 33… If I Cannot Find The Face Of Jesus

Brian Dolleman — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 13:00:00 +0000

Far from being the pious injunction of a utopian dreamer, this command to love our enemies is an absolute necessity for the survival of our civilization. Yes, it is love that will save our world and civilization, love even for enemies. —Martin Luther King Jr. (sermon at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, November 17, 1957) Jim […]

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He Told Me He Was Muslim & Asked If He Could Attend My Church

Brian Dolleman — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 15:27:52 +0000

For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. —2 Corinthians 5.19 A few years ago, I noticed a new family at the church – husband and wife along with their three kids. They were good at slipping […]

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If You Could Stand In Someone Else’s Shoes…

Brian Dolleman — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 14:59:23 +0000

I ran across this on NPR’s On Being website. If you could stand in someone else’s shoes… Hear what they hear. See what they see. Feel what they feel. Would you treat them differently? These words end this incredibly beautiful video produced by the Cleveland Clinic, a nonprofit medical center that integrates clinical and hospital […]

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Yes. This Is Still An Issue Today. (Segregation In The Church)

Brian Dolleman — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 18:25:53 +0000

The headline of an article I read last week shocked me. It announced: Sunday Morning in America Still Segregated – and That’s OK With Worshipers It was the findings of a study conducted by LifeWay Research – and here’s what they had to say… Sunday morning remains one of the most segregated hours in American […]

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Racism & Reconciliation In The Church

Brian Dolleman — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 13:00:02 +0000

Tomorrow is Martin Luther King Day – and with that theme in mind, here are two posts I think are worth your time… This post, Everything I Know About Racism I Learned in the Church by Christena Cleveland. The opening paragraph reveals one of Christena’s earliest memories of church: Exasperated, she yelled at the […]

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