Love Your Neighbor

What Does The Bible Tell Us About Self-Love?

Rabbi Alan Lurie | Posted 03.21.2012

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Rabbi Alan Lurie

Most of us do not love ourselves nearly well enough, and this is the cause of so much of the pain that is inflicted on others. When seen though a clear lens, "Do I love myself?" is an essential and illuminating question.

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Loving The Occupiers And The Bankers In Our Midst

Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater | Posted 03.14.2012

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Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater

Let us be ready to accept the great mitzvah of loving one another. The light of God demands nothing less of us.

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Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25: Making The God Decision

Walter Brueggemann | Posted 01.02.2012

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Walter Brueggemann

The Book of Joshua chronicles the way in which the land given by God has been taken by Israel. And now there are decisions to be made of life-or-death proportion concerning life in the new land.

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Will Politicians Listen to Pastors?

Jim Wallis | Posted 09.13.2011

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Jim Wallis

Our country is in the midst of a clash between two competing moral visions, between those who believe in the common good, and those who believe individual good is the only good. It's time our leaders in Washington listen to someone other then themselves.

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Osama Bin Laden Is My Enemy and My Neighbor

Rev. Candace Chellew-Hodge | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rev. Candace Chellew-Hodge

This is Jesus' challenge: Love those who actively seek to kill you or those you love. Even they are your neighbor. This is radical, neighbor love in action. Go, and do likewise.

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A Call to Serve and Preserve Creation

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

Let's ensure that history does not remember us just as "consumers" of the earth and its resources, but as people who take seriously the God-given mandate to "serve and preserve" the earth.

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