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Since Monday of this week, the escalating violence in Israel and Palestine has killed 126 Palestinians and seven Israelis. As Mae Elise Cannon and Joyce Ajlouny write, “While the immediate violence must be brought to an end, the realities of the ongoing Israeli occupation of Palestine cannot be ignored,” especially not by U.S. Christians. Neither should Christians ignore the bitter irony of how the municipality of Jerusalem has further plans to evict more than 1,500 Palestinians in order to build . a biblical theme park.
Also this week in irony: It turns out that policies California imposed to curb climate change are actually adding more carbon to the atmosphere. Some churches that had just figured out how to safely reopen with COVID-19 precautions are now grappling with new CDC guidelines. We critique pastors with flashy sneakers, yet ignore the morality of our own spending habits. We work hard for diplomas and degrees, and yet as Jes Ka
Are we repeating a theological crisis one that constitutes a threat to divide us?
Written By:
Jim Krapf, Worthington | 10:40 pm, Jan. 15, 2021 ×
Jim Krapf sports the International Festival T-shirt he designed for this year s event. (Ryan McGaughey/The Globe)
The U.S. Civil War was the result of an unresolved theological crisis. In his second inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln pointed out that people on both sides “prayed to the same God” and “read the same Bible.” Given those commonalities, it would seem like these people should have been able to resolve the question of slavery without resorting to arms. They could not.