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God's Big Tent

While it's tempting to feel suspicious of those who seem different, such feelings are as old as Old Testament Israel.
He has set his foundation on the holy mountain; the lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Glorious things are said of you, O city of God:
"I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me-Philistia too, and Tyre, along with Cush-and will say, This one was born in Zion'."
Indeed, of Zion it will be said, "This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High himself will establish her." The lord will write in the register of the peoples:
"This one was born in Zion. … "
As they make music they will sing, "All my fountains are in you."

Character Check
What prevents me from reaching out to those different from me?

In Business Terms The true enemy in our culture is relativism, not pluralism. There's actually nothing wrong with pluralism itself. It's simply a fact of life: our society contains differing backgrounds of faith and language. It is relativism, not pluralism, that calls the truth of the gospel into question. We don't need to fear pluralism. ...

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