Wars and rumours of wars

Josh Moody  |  Features  |  Letter from America
Date posted:  1 Dec 2017
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Wars and rumours of wars

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Many of us would suppose that we live in unusually disturbed times.

A leading relief organisation in America estimates that they are dealing with, on average, far more serious crises in the early part of this century than in previous decades. There appears to be a growing flame of upsets, civil wars, brutality – and downright barbarism. Not to mention North Korea: what on earth is the world going to do about that most unstable situation?

In such times, it is easy for the church to fall into one or other of two equal and opposite mistakes.

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