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Activists and Advocates

17 November 2022 By David Trounce Leave a Comment

Activists and Advocates – Sermo Humilis

Why was Israel never told to go and barricade the ovens of Moloch to prevent child sacrifice? Why wasn't Martha picketing Caesar's Palace for a minimum wage, or the Apostles petitioning Agrippa for cultural and religious equity? And why, if Onesimus was indeed a slave, did Paul … [Read more...] about Activists and Advocates

Filed Under: Words that Matter Tagged With: Activist, Advocate, Charity

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Thor's Oak

Around 723 AD, a missionary named Boniface entered Hesse in Germany. Upon finding a sacred tree named Thor’s Oak, he took an axe to it, cut it down and built a church. Many in the town, believing that the God of Boniface must be greater than Thor, left their paganism behind converted to Christianity.