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Pursuing Justice: The Call to Live & Die for Bigger Things

Book by Ken Wytsma · 8 quotes · Justice, Apathy, Injustice

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“The kingdom of God is an upside-down kingdom. It beckons us to gamble all, to trust radically, to come and die so that we might live--to give our lives away. Giving life away is a paradox. It's losing so we can win. It's giving so we can receive. It's risking for security. It's faith. The kingdom of God means living that tension.”

Sacrifice Surrender Paradox Kingdom Of God

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“Justice is the state that exists when there is equity, balance, and harmony in relationships and in society. Injustice is the state that exists when unjust people do violence to peace and shalom and create inequity, imbalance, and dissonance.”

Justice Violence Relationship Harmony Injustice Equity Shalom Inequity

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“Education is a means, not an end. We don't enroll in formal education ad nauseam as a way of escaping life. Rather, we educate ourselves in order to become equipped to respond wisely to God's calling.”

Justice Education Equipping

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“A subtle reason for apathy is that justice rarely has much to do with our lives. Unless we've personally been victims of injustice, we can take for granted that life is generally fair.”

Justice Apathy Fairness

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“We may not choose apathy, but when we choose anything other than love and empathetic justice, we get apathy by default.”

Love Justice Apathy

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“Apathy is sustainable only as long as injustice doesn't harm us--and we don't care that it's harming others. Apathy lasts only until injustice knocks on our door, and we're forced to look into its eyes.”

Justice Injustice Apathy

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“Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander. (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum qtd. in Halter)”

Justice Apathy Bystander

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“At the end of the day--of almost any day, regardless of what we have done or left undone--apathy tells us that it's perfectly acceptable to live with illusions of our own justice.”

Justice Injustice Apathy

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