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All humanity is of the same flesh and all Christians are of the same blood. Just as we cannot choose our biological family, we likewise cannot choose our spiritual family. But, like it or not, we are part of a larger family. Therefore, we are simply to care for one another in love. Jesus did not say: a cup of cold water along with arrogance, rituals, provocation, coercion, manipulation, bullying, oppression, nor any other form of injustice. [Isaiah 58:7, NIV] Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter — when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
Oh, how I have longed to speak highly of my hometown, but she persists in tarnishing...