The power of reconciliation: from the apostle paul to Malcolm X.

From: Cross Currents | Date: June 22, 2007| Author: DeYoung, Curtiss Paul | Copyright information

As a Christian, I embrace a New Testament perspective on reconciliation. I write, teach, and often preach that through Jesus Christ we are reconciled to God and to each other. The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ was a re-creation event that restored us to God's original intention of a united and reconciled human family built on just and healthy relationships. I also fully acknowledge Christianity's history of involvement in colonialism, apartheid, genocide of indigenous peop...

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