{"id":395,"date":"2007-06-02T08:54:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-02T08:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jwalking\/2007\/06\/speechless.html"},"modified":"2007-06-02T08:54:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-02T08:54:00","slug":"speechless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jwalking\/2007\/06\/speechless.html","title":{"rendered":"The fruit of the spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What a beautiful man and what a beautiful life. Paul’s words in Galatians come to mind:
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”<\/p>\n

What is the true power of Jesus in politics? It is the power to love across political lines. What can it accomplish? It can break down and through the hate and animus that define our politics. Watch Pres. George H.W. Bush’s remarks (esp. from about 3:00 on) and see Pres. Carter clapping for his son, see how he calls Pres. Clinton his friend. The hymnist is right, “All hail the power Jesus name…”<\/p>\n

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