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This is the power to overcome any and all obstacles we face in a broken world:1.The power to give2.The power to live in the light3.The power of informed choice4.The power to love hard questions5.The power to love enemies6.The power to forgive The whole Bible, or Theology 101 if you will, can be summed up in seven words: God gave, we blew it, he forgave. The powers to give and forgive are the bookends of the Bible, and on the one hand are very simple to understand, but on the other, very difficult to live out.For disciples of Jesus as Lord and Messiah, these six pillars produce honest lives in the presence of all people - believers and unbelievers alike. 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It is rooted in Matthew's Gospel and the use of Psalm 8 by Jesus during Passover week.The paradigm shift is this:1.Jesus loved his religious and political enemies in such a way that they silenced themselves.2.His means was the level playing field, where he received all their toughest questions, with no restrictions.3.He did this to remove their hindrance to justice and mercy for all people equally, with a focus on the poor and needy.4.This level playing field is central to understanding our salvation.What this means is this:1.If enough Christians strategically advance such a level playing field in the present political climate, those who hate justice and mercy will silence themselves.2.Then, all people of good will can work toward an honest social order of moral and economic prosperity for all people equally.3.The religious, political and economic liberty thus produced would be a tangible demonstration of the beauty and truth of the Gospel to a soul weary nation and world.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50355419906321,"sku":"CIN0615452655G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50358935388433,"sku":"CIN0615452655VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0615452655.jpg?v=1751167529"},{"product_id":"freedom-to-choose-hell-book-john-c-rankin-9781548836139","title":"The Freedom to Choose Hell","description":"There is a verse in the RSSV: For God so loved the world, that he gave us each the freedom to choose to go to hell if we damn well want to. Now, I would give caution on how we use this verse, since it is from the Rankin Sub-Standard Version (i.e., my biblically informed imagination). But if we grasp the interface of theology between Genesis 2:8-17 and John 3:16-21 - and across the whole biblical text - it will stand the test of time.Or to put it another way: Heaven is for the many who love mercy; hell is for the few who guard bitterness. This is not a question I ever intended to be the subject of a book. It sought me out on five occasions. First, Kalen Fristad, in Destined for Salvation, believes in an ultimate restoration universalism, that all people will eventually be saved, even if they first spend a long time in hell. He sought me out to debate him. Second, a friend of mine asked me to read a book by Julie Ferwerda, Raising Hell, and write a critique. Julie believes the doctrine of hell is a nasty fiction. Third, this same friend asked me to read Rob Bell's bestseller, Love Wins. 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