“For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world,
but that the world through him might be saved.”
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Cancel culture at its best
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For twenty years, Nicholas Alahverdian made a name for himself as an outspoken critic of Rhode Island’s child welfare system. He purportedly died on February 29, 2020, but authorities believe he faked his death to flee an FBI investigation into a $200,000 credit card fraud, and has been living in the UK under the name Arthur Knight.
Then came the rape charge.
Continue reading Nicholas Alahverdian, con man extraordinaire (First of two posts)
Sometimes you’re powerless.
I’m lined up to get my own place.
A parable of relief vs. advocacy
“Relief” refers to providing for needy people’s immediate survival needs — food, shelter and clothing, direct material gifts. “Advocacy” refers to political activism, meant to change policies and laws. People and organizations who presume to serve the poor, face choices as to which one to emphasize.
The parable of the babies in the river addresses that choice. Activists love it. Desmond Tutu and others have endorsed it.
Not what we were taught in Sunday school.
Originally posted 2015-11-10.
… are wholly in the eye of the beholder.
The title pretty much says it all.
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