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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. famously said that "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." But does it bend by itself like a rainbow coming to earth? Or does it bend when people and social movements grab hold of that arc and bend it towards justice? We will explore this and many other questions in this series and we invite you to join us on this adventure and exploration of social change.
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Pastor Luke preached from Exodus 19 about our Covenantal God. Our Covenantal God expects: His people to continually remember His salvation, His people to fully obey His commands, and His people to always be His holy nation. The main idea was, "Being in a covenant relationship changes who we are and how we live."Video available: https://youtu.be/Ie5…
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In the fith Gospel thread, Pastor Luke shared about eternity, from the book "Gospel Threads." Hell is a place of continual rebellion and a final separation. Heaven is a place of Full Reconciliation, Complete Restoration, and an Ultimate Reunion. Our choice is: live without Christ now and die without Christ forever or die with Christ now and live wi…
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Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon is the executive director of Churches for Middle East Peace and an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC). Cannon holds an MDiv from North Park Theological Seminary, an MBA from North Park University’s School of Business and Nonprofit Management, and an MA in bioethics from Trinity International Universit…
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Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon is the executive director of Churches for Middle East Peace and an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC). Cannon holds an MDiv from North Park Theological Seminary, an MBA from North Park University’s School of Business and Nonprofit Management, and an MA in bioethics from Trinity International Universit…
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Rev. Mark Davidson is the Executive Director of Voices for Justice in Palestine. Mark was shaped for social justice work early in his life. His father was a person of moral courage whose faith led him to stand in solidarity with victims of injustice. His parents were professors at the Beirut College for Women in the 1960s. At the age of 7, he witne…
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If you are anything like me, you like to think of the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s & 60s as a movement that helped our country achieve, maybe not the entire dream that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. described, but at least something that was closer to that dream, something that showed we were on the right path toward fulfilling that dream. After…
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My guest today is Wanda Battle, a Montgomery, Alabama native, great Jalimuso, female Griot, talented singer and master storyteller. She is the former tour director of Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in Montgomery where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pastored for almost 6 years while he led the Montgomery Bus Boycott. She is now the…
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Very few of us have asked ourselves what we believe about the use of violence and war. If we don’t take time to ask those questions, we will most likely adopt the values of our very pro-violence culture. That is why I wanted to talk with three very unique young adults about their decision to declare themselves to be conscientious objectors to war t…
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Spencer Goldstein is a Military Police officer turned pacifist and conscientious objector. Spencer is a graduate from West Point and has his masters in biblical exposition. He began to think differently about peacemaking through the disability community who taught him that God's love for all people is grand and one centered on peace. Spencer began …
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