1. What Is a Ghetto? The word “ghetto” is used today mainly to refer to impoverished or marginalized neighborhoods, but its historical roots run far deeper. The term originated from spaces created in medieval Europe to forcibly segregate Jewish populations into designated districts within cities. Venice, Prague, Warsaw, Frankfurt — ghettos existed across countless European… Continue reading The Theology of the Ghetto — Set Apart, Yet Sent Into the World
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Unlimited: Righteousness Leads To Holiness | Good News Unlimited
Unlimited: Righteousness Leads to Holiness Oct 21, 2024 814 Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness (Romans 6:19b). Some people can be very devoted to their impurity and wickedness. The apostle is telling us here is that as… Continue reading Unlimited: Righteousness Leads To Holiness | Good News Unlimited
God’s holiness and His wrath
By Elizabeth Prata “And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” (Isaiah 6:3). Holiness is a quality of perfection, sinlessness, and inability to sin that is possessed by God alone. As Christians we are called to be holy (1 Pet.… Continue reading God’s holiness and His wrath
The Path of Obedience – Joshua 5:2-15
“And the Lord said to Joshua, ‘Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.’ And so the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day.” – Joshua 5:9 In the face of imminent battle, Joshua receives an unexpected command from God: circumcise the Israelites. In the eyes of the world,… Continue reading The Path of Obedience – Joshua 5:2-15