Tim Keller, founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, has warned that Christians are letting themselves be sucked into society’s ongoing demonizing and mocking of groups.
“We live in a world fragmented into various ‘media bubbles,’ in which you hear only news that confirms what you already believe. Anyone whose uses the internet and social media or who even watches most news channels today is being daily encouraged in a dozen ways to become like Jonah with regard to ‘those people over there,'” Keller wrote on Twitter Wednesday, referring to the biblical figure.
“Groups demonize and mock other groups. Each region of the country and political party finds reasons to despise the others. Christian believers today are being sucked into this maelstrom as much as, if not more than, anyone else,” he added.
“The book of Jonah is a shot across the bow. God asks, how can we look at anyone — even those with deeply opposing beliefs and practices — with no compassion?” he positioned.
Keller linked to his new book, The Prodigal Prophet: Jonah and the Mystery of…
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