For Christ’s Sake, Step Up! - Readwise Highlights

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  • Author: Kerry Walters
  • Full Title: For Christ’s Sake, Step Up!
  • Category: articles
  • Summary: Christians have a duty to stand against injustice by promoting virtues like compassion and hospitality while also challenging oppressors. Faith is not just a personal matter; it involves community and collective action against evil. We must be bold in our discipleship and not shy away from addressing threats to the common good.
  • URL: https://kerrywalters.substack.com/p/for-christs-sake-step-up

Highlights

  • Christians have a biblical duty to oppose injustice by practicing virtues like hospitality, tolerance, and compassion on the one hand and prophetically calling out and standing up to oppressors on the other. (View Highlight)
  • religious faith in the Judaic and Christian traditions always presumes covenant, koinonia, community, fellowship. The very notion of the Christian Triune God entails community! (View Highlight)