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Philadelphia: Love That Does Not Rejoice in Injustice - Progressive (1 Corinthians 13)

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In Philadelphia, lawyer Joe Miller overcomes his prejudice to represent Andrew Beckett, a man dying of AIDS who was unjustly fired. Love here means not rejoicing in wrongdoing but rejoicing in truth; it means bearing with the stigmatized, believing their dignity, hoping for justice. First Corinthians 13 says love "does not rejoice in injustice but rejoices with the truth." Progressive Christianity sees this love as the foundation of justice work. Without love, our advocacy becomes clanging cymbals. Love demands we see the marginalized as fully human, stand with them against systems of exclusion, and fight for a world where all can flourish.

Topics & Themes

justicedignityinclusiontruthsolidarity

Scripture References

1 Corinthians 13

Emotional Tone

lovehopecompassion

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adults

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