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Acts 10:34-35
34Peter opened his mouth and said, "Truly I perceive that God doesn`t show favoritism,
35but in every nation he who fears him, and works righteousness, is acceptable to him.
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Dear God of Love and Justice, Peter stood in Cornelius's house — a Roman officer's home he never would have entered a day earlier — and felt the Holy Spirit shatter every wall he had built between "us" and "them."...
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Peter stood in the doorway of a Gentile's home — a place he had been taught his entire life to avoid — and felt the ground shift beneath his theology. "God shows no partiality," he declared in Acts 10:34-35, his...
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In the poignant words of Acts 10:34-35, we hear Peter declare, “God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.” This profound statement resonates deeply in our present...
In the heart of Acts 10:34-35, we discover a profound and radical truth that resonates deeply with our quest for racial reconciliation today. Peter stands before Cornelius, a Roman centurion, and proclaims a pivotal truth: “God shows no favoritism, but...
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