FALLING DOWN: INJUSTICE
Michael Douglas in the movie Falling Down, portrays a man who has lost his family and job. He goes off the deep end striking out at those whom he believes are the cause of the worlds injustices. In the end he takes his own life.
The Lord Jesus came to a world full of
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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Injustice is relatively easy to bear; it is
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Contributed by Andy Payne on Jan 15, 2009
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If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has his foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2009
TWO STORIES OF INJUSTICE
In 1984, James Ealy was convicted in the 1982 brutal murders of 33-year-old Christine Parker, her two children and one grandchild. Two years later, the Illinois Appellate Court overturned the conviction - even as justices acknowledged Ealy almost certainly was guilty. They
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
Freedom from fear and injustice and oppression will be ours only in the measure that men who value such freedom are ready to sustain its possession to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 20, 2008
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FEELINGS OF INJUSTICE INCREASES HEART RISK
A new study found that people who thought they were treated unfairly were more likely to suffer a heart attack or chest pain. Those who thought they had experienced the worst injustice were 55% more likely to experience a coronary event than people who
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
A just war is in the long run far better for a nation's soul than the most prosperous peace obtained by
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"Be careful with hatredHatred is a passion requiring one hundred times the energy of love. Keep it for a cause, not an individual. Keep it for intolerance, injustice, stupidity. For hatred is the strength of the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"I believe that one always does himself and his audience an injustice when he speaks merely for the sake of speaking. I do not believe that one should speak unless, deep down in
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Mar 15, 2009
“Everyone dies…all flesh is grass…what did you expect? Did you really think that Christ would blunt the spear-points, deflect the lash, cause the chains to melt away when they touched your skin? Did you expect to walk in sunlight and not feel the heat, or to go without water and not grow thirsty?
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Orthodox
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2011
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WHAT THE CROSS DISPLAYED
Author Henri Nouwen tells the story of a family he knew in Paraguay. The father, a doctor, spoke out against the military regime there and its human rights abuses. Local police took their revenge on him by arresting his teenage son and torturing him to death. Enraged
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Contributed by Sol Madlambayan on Nov 29, 2002
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West Point’s "Harder Right"
This quotation is from the "Cadet Prayer." It is repeated every Sunday in chapel services at West Point:
"Make us choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong, and never to be contented with half truth when whole truth can be won. Endow us with courage that is
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Methodist