2. RECONCILIATION

3. 2 Corinthians 5:16-20 (MSG) We don't evaluate people by what they have or how they look. We looked at the Messiah that way once and got it all wrong, as you know. We certainly don't look at him that way anymore. Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The old life is gone; a new life burgeons! Look at it!

4. 2 Corinthians 5:16-20 (MSG) All this comes from the God who settled the relationship between us and him, and then called us to settle our relationships with each other. God put the world square with himself through the Messiah, giving the world a fresh start by offering forgiveness of sins. God has given us the task of telling everyone what he is doing. We're Christ's representatives.

5. 2 Corinthians 5:16-20 (MSG) God uses us to persuade men and women to drop their differences and enter into God's work of making things right between them. We're speaking for Christ himself now: Become friends with God; he's already a friend with you.

6. Micah 6:8 (NIV) He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

7. John 3:16 (MSG) This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son.

8. Dr. Martin Luther King Strength to Love “Jesus recognized the need for blending opposites. He knew that his disciples would face a difficult and hostile world, where they would confront the recalcitrance of political officials and the intransigence of the protectors of the old order. He knew that they would meet cold and arrogant men whose hearts had been hardened by the long winter of traditionalism.

9. Dr. Martin Luther King Strength to Love “So he said to them, “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves.” And he gave them a formula for action, “Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.” It is pretty difficult to imagine a single person having, simultaneously, the characteristics of the serpent and the dove, but this is what Jesus expects. We must combine toughness of the serpent and the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart.”

10. THE TOWN SQUARE  In Every Community  In Every Population Center  Throughout the Entire World  There is Always a “Town Square” The theoretical intersection of the institutions and organizations necessary for people to live, grow, and prosper together. and prosper together.

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13. Town Square $ Commerc e Government

14. Town Square $ Commerc e Government Social Sector

15. Town Square $ Commerc e Government Churc h Social Sector

16. Town Square $ Commerc e Government Churc h Social Sector

17. RECONCILIATION