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Just As Jesus Was

By James Taneti, Director of the Syngman Rhee Global Mission Center for Christian Education and Assistant Professor of World Christianity Relevant Scripture Passages to Consider: Luke 4:16-30 Matthew 6:5-15 Matthew 25:31-46 Summary: Hunger, disease, malnutrition, economic disparity, untimely deaths, political violence, mass incarceration, and anxiety were not alien to first-century Palestine and the regions beyond. A careful scan of the…

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Gems for The Journey: Memorializing African American Inventors by Rev. Veronica Thomas (M.Div.’07)

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. Hebrews 12:1-2, NRSV The Christian life is like a relay race…

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History: Whose Story? Black Lives Matter! by Rev. William R. Freeman (M.Div.01)

This country, has never gotten over “The Negro Problem!” In many instances, Black people have been relegated to second and even third-class citizenry. Other ethnic minority groups have integrated into, and have become part of, the dominant majority! Why? Because their skins are not Black or Brown! Even today Union Seminary alumni have asked why the Black Alumni Association exists….

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