Quoting Jim Wallis
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Quoting Jim Wallis I ask, "Since when did believing in God and having moral values make you pro-war, pro-rich, and pro-Republican? And, since when did promoting and pursuing a progressive social agenda with a concern for economic security, health care, and educational opportunity mean you had to put faith in God aside?"
-Jim Wallis from his book "God's Politics"
Outworking of Faith
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This book starts with the premise that the outworking of faith can and should be social. It holds in tension two positions -- that religion and politics need to be separate and that they properly belong together -- and makes the case that God's way of ensuring wholeness requires keeping both the Spiritual and Social together. The idea that social action has a religious basis, is at the heart of the Gospel.
Read MoreWhat is in a name
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This book starts with the premise that social justice represents faith in action. Religion and politics belong together when politics gives social meaning to deep, spiritual convictions. Wholeness requires keeping both the Spiritual and Social operating in tandem. “Shalom,” one credible Biblical definition of “SALVATION,” assumes the fusion of religion and social issues....
Read MoreBook signing in Pembrook Pines, Fl
Posted by notwithouthonor on Sep 15, 2010 in Events | Comments Off on Book signing in Pembrook Pines, Fl
A book signing of Not Without Honor will be held October 2nd at the Methodist Church in Pembroke Pines Fl. at 2pm by the author Rev. Alford Alphonse.
Read MoreAvailable in paperback
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Read MoreRev. Alford Alphonse
As a career pastor, I have served in the The United Kingdom, Caribbean, Panama and, of course, in the United States of America. Unlike many here, I have never drawn rigid distinctions between and among the the spiritual teachings of the Bible, social equity and justice. Instead, I have embraced the idea that the Bible and the Gospel call for spirituality to be integrated with social policy and attititudes.