In America, our materialistic endeavors have become acceptable norms. We can validate our excessive materialism by claiming that it is a blessing from God—that we are “blessed to be a blessing”—so our justice endeavors, no matter how materialistic, reflect acceptable norms because they jibe with the end goal of blessing others with our own experiences. We have come to believe that the exceptional American church has the responsibility to bless the world with our success, which may even be a commodified justice that fits the Western world. Could this inability to move out of the waters of
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