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The Beauty of Staying Together (Former Title: DETOUR
Calvina, the young battered wife of Duane, is in desperate need of a new start in life. Will her jealous husband, the mad man with whom she had been unequally yoked, prove too much to ever hope for a chance of staying together--a chance to fix her troubled marriage?
We encourage you to read the two main character profiles before reading the first chapter. We can be so wrong in the strong initial opinions we form of people, which we see in The Beauty Of Staying Together (originally published under the title: Detour), a story based on true events.
¿Qué tiene que ver conmigo? por Teófila Gottfried
Lo que leemos en la Biblia tiene que ver con todos los seres humanos, sean cristianos o judíos, ateos o agnósticos, budistas, musulmanes o adherentes a alguna de las filosofías o nuevas religiones que surgen en el mundo. ¿Por qué? Ver mayor información sobre este interesante libro.
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The Christian Bible on Having Respect of Persons
The scripture of James 2:8-10 says: If ye fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well. But, if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
The scripture warning against the sin of having respect of persons is one that is no longer frequently read in many Christian churches of today. Consequently, it is a sin that tends to run rampant among people who identify themselves as followers of Christ. What does it mean to have respect of persons? The scriptures answer that question. We read: My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment (clothes), and ye have respect to him that weareth the gay (good) clothing and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place, and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: Are ye not then partial in yourselves and are become judges of evil thoughts (James 2:1-4)?
A Caste System Within the Christian Church?
The passage of James is not difficult to understand. Christian believers are warned against giving preferential treatment and status to some people based on what they have while looking down on other people based on what they don't have. It's interesting to note that the sin of having respect of persons is not limited to situations involving financial status. Many Christian churches have respect of persons when they give preferential treatment to married couples while looking down on and ignoring people who are single. The same can be said when speaking of people who have a disability, compared to those who are without "flaw."
Such attitudes prevail in the world; they should not exist in the body of Christ, which is commanded to be the light of the world (Matthew 5:14). Has the church forgotten that, "...Judgment must begin at the house of God..." (1 Peter 4:17)?
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