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$\"Micah$ <\/p>\n

The prophets would not have disputed that God cares about everyone, or even that all lives matter. But I imagine they would have said that different people have different needs. The poor need justice. The rich need to repent of their abuse of the poor and the way they use their power and privilege, and work for justice and equality, before it is too late. And if sometimes \u201cGod cares about everyone\u201d can be a means for elevating the marginalized, sometimes that same language can be used in an attempt to maintain a status quo characterized by injustice.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Does bringing the language of today back into a Biblical setting help make the point?<\/p>\n

The engraving\u00a0to which I added the speech bubbles, in case you don\u2019t recognize it, is by Gustave Dor\u00e9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"