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"The justice that the church seeks is not derived from envy or fear...Therefore Christians cannot seek justice from the barrel of a gun; and we must be suspicious of that justice that relies on manipulation of our less than worthy motives, for God does not rule creation through coercion, but through a cross." !!!

"Violence derives from the self-deceptive story that we are in control--that we are our own creators--and that only we can bestow meaning on our lives, since there is no one else to do so."

I LOVE HAUERWAS!!!!

“Discipleship is quite simply extended training in being dispossessed. To become followers of Jesus means that we must, like him, be dispossessed of all that we think gives us power over our own lives and the lives of others.” (86)

stanley is COOKIN!!!