But as servants of God we have commended ourselves in every way: through great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, holiness of spirit, genuine love, truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the…

Thanks to Christianity Today for quoting Brian McLaren, Jim Wallis, and Shane Claiborne’s blog entries in a recent round-up of Christian leaders’ views (scroll down to topic #3) on the execution of Saddam Hussein. But with respect to my colleagues (who focused more on the moral/spiritual aspects), one salient point that I’ve found missing from…

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If our moral duty to provide health, education and housing to our people impedes us from paying debt, we won’t hesitate two seconds. – Rafael Correa, recently elected president of Ecuador (Source: Bloomberg) + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

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