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Lamin Sanneh, pioneering historian who studied Christianity’s spread, dies at 76 washingtonpost.com/local/obi…
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John the Baptist: The role of the messenger is not to proclaim himself; he is not his own message. His mission is to proclaim Another. When the church preaches itself rather than Christ it falls into what Pope Francis calls “spiritual narcissism.”
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Lamin Sanneh, Scholar of Islam and Christianity, Dies at 76 nyti.ms/2H8iaP2
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Abraham reminds him that in life he enjoyed good things, while Lazarus received nothing. “And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’
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I think Jesus shattered the idea that Heaven is a Gated Community. Probably filled with the sinners and riff raff who surrounded him in life. If there is a “wall” it is to exclude those who fail the test of mercy.
Evangelical pastor Robert Jeffress defends Trump's border wall: "Heaven itself is going to have a wall around it" trib.al/QLfQ75z
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Trump says he 'never meant Mexico would write a check' for the wall cnbc.com/2019/01/10/trump-sa…
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“When I said that Mexico would pay for the walll, obviously I was speaking metaphorically. For Mexico, think Ithica, Xanadu, or Oz.”
Trump says he 'never meant Mexico would write a check' for the wall cnbc.com/2019/01/10/trump-sa…
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“People don’t build walls because they hate the people on the outside, but because they love the people on the inside.”
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