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Outstanding message from Pastor today.
"What I wondered is what does it look like for the Church to bring folks like those back from such dark beliefs. I genuinely believe that people are not evil — I do believe that people can fall under the spell of evil ideologies" 1/
"What I wondered is what does it look like for the Church to bring folks like those back from such dark beliefs. I genuinely believe that people are not evil — I do believe that people can fall under the spell of evil ideologies" 1/
..."and movements. We only need to glance at human history to find ample examples of that.
Whether the brutalities of Soviet Communism or the murderous cruelty of Nazism or the more familiar Ku Klux Klan, we know that it is too easy for us to fall sway to false faiths.." 2/
Whether the brutalities of Soviet Communism or the murderous cruelty of Nazism or the more familiar Ku Klux Klan, we know that it is too easy for us to fall sway to false faiths.." 2/
.."which corrupt and destroy not just their enemies but those who believe in them too.
A story comes to mind. A fellow named Daryl Davis is a black blues musician who, over the course of his life, has befriended 200 or so Klansmen and convinced them to give up their robes." 3/
A story comes to mind. A fellow named Daryl Davis is a black blues musician who, over the course of his life, has befriended 200 or so Klansmen and convinced them to give up their robes." 3/
It is a remarkable story. It is all the more remarkable for the fact that Davis did not set out with a mission to convert people. He set out with a simple question, “How can you hate me when you don't even know me?” He sought to break down the barriers through the" 4/
"simplest of human interactions — by patient relationship.
I do not think that every heart can be turned like this. But I do think that far more can than we imagine. But we’ve come to a place where we are quick to hate each other without even knowing each other." 5/
I do not think that every heart can be turned like this. But I do think that far more can than we imagine. But we’ve come to a place where we are quick to hate each other without even knowing each other." 5/
"We are being manipulated into anger and hate and it’s showing up again and again in our national life. Things that once were unthinkable, like the occupation of the Capitol by an angry mob, are now happening. The solution isn’t going to be more security forces — we’ve tried" 6/
"that. The solution is going to look more like what Davis was doing. He wasn’t doing something that made him more secure — he was stepping out with the faith that knowing one another, at a deeper level, can change the course of one life at a time." 7/
