[Mel Lawrenz is Teaching Pastor at Elmbrook Church. His newest book is A Chronicle of Grief: Finding Life After Traumatic Loss (IVP).] One valid way of describing the gospel of Jesus Christ is that it is the promise of the restoration of dignity. God created humanity according to his image and his likeness, and thus invested humanity […]
[August, 2016] Ninety-nine percent of a human body consists of six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. The remaining one percent consists of minor elements and trace elements. If you purchased these chemicals on the market, you would have to spend a bit more than $100. Most of us believe people are worth
The acts of violence we are witnessing, and the political acrimony we are experiencing have much in common… Blood on the ground produces panic and confusion and rage, but is also an opportunity for moral clarity. We are watching it all right now. The blood at a traffic stop, the blood of assassinated police officers,
Recently Mel Lawrenz was with Eric Metaxas at the Salem recording studio in the Empire State Building for a discussion about the critical need for us to restore dignity in all aspects of life as described in A Time for Dignity: Crisis and Gospel Today. (Eric Metaxas is the author of Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, a New
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What is a human being worth? That is the opening question in this new book by Mel Lawrenz which explores the meaning of human dignity and its connection with the Christian gospel and mission. Human dignity is a widely-held ideal, but there is much confusion over what it means. Is it simply autonomy—the supposed right
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So many roads, so much at stake So many dead ends, I’m at the edge of the lake Sometimes I wonder what it’s gonna take To find dignity. Bob Dylan A small group of children see me taking photos of their school building and scamper to jump in front of the camera.
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“Your brother’s blood cries to me from the ground.” That’s what God said about Cain murdering his brother Abel, a consequence of “sin crouching at the door; desiring to have you” (Genesis 4). Today naked aggression threatens to continue to spill much blood in Ukraine. And the blood of innocent victims once again cries out
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[Mel Lawrenz is Teaching Pastor at Elmbrook Church and the author of numerous books, including the upcoming A Chronicle of Grief: Finding Life After Traumatic Loss (IVP, July 2020).] _______________ No matter who we are or the position in life we occupy, we all value the wonderful privilege of freedom. But freedom is an easy ideal to
[Mel Lawrenz is Teaching Pastor at Elmbrook Church and the author of numerous books including A Chronicle of Grief: Finding Life After Traumatic Loss.] _______________ The promise of spiritual transformation, and with it, the restoration of human dignity, is powerfully at work in the world. Writing to the believers in worldly Corinth, the apostle Paul described
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