Part 203. Even more insights: Love and Justice

For the oppressed, peace is the absence of repression. But for the oppressor, peace is the absence of resistance

Zelis Imani

God does not eliminate injustice from above by a show of power, but from below, by a show of love. God does not burst on the scene with limitless power, but descends to the narrow confines of our lives.

Pope Francis 

While we are waiting for God's intervention, God is waiting for our collaboration.

John Dominic Crossan

I wasn't called a 'radical' until I stopped taking the bible literally and started taking it seriously.

Mark Sandlin

How can we be the church of Jesus unless we reflect the ministry of Jesus? Is the church a radical incarnation of the ministry of Jesus or a private social club?

Yvette A Flunder

I don't preach a social gospel; I preach the gospel, period. The gospel of our Lord is concerned with the whole person - when people were hungry Jesus didn't say, "Now is that political or social?". He said, "I feed you". Because the good news to a hungry person is bread.

Desmond Tutu 

To be just it is not enough to refrain from injustice. One must go further and refuse to play the game, substituting love for self-interest as the driving force of society.

Pedro Arrupe

You cannot love your neighbour whilst supporting or accepting systems that crush, exploit and dehumanised them. You cannot love your neighbour whilst accepting less for them than you do for you and your own

Mika Edmondson 

We've missed the point of the Golden Rule. It's not to treat people as we'd like to be treated. 

It's  to treat people as we'd like to be treated if we were in their shoes.

It's a subtle difference that makes a massive difference.

Mark Sandlin