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How to pray for my family
It’s my sense that many Christians in the United States are confused about our social location. We believe that we’re living in Israel. As Israel’s prophets confronted the kings of Judah with a call for Torah living, so we are convinced that the American Church’s role is to call for a national return to Torah. We’re mistaken. We do not live in Israel, we live in Babylon. We are not Isaiah, we are Esther.…
Corporations can oppress millions
While I lean towards a positive view of business, I don’t need to look far to discover countless ways that corporations oppress humans. For every piece of software that improves human life there are ten that degrade it. A visit to the grocery store is a weekly reminder that most grocery stores are dehumanizing. Americans have an odd relationship to this reality. Our history textbooks generally associate corporations with progress, innovation, and growth, while most of the negative features: slavery, colonialism, and war, are associated with governments, often just a leader.…