Doing Justice and Loving Mercy: Compassion Ministries, Mentor's Guide, MG16

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D O I N G J U S T I C E A N D L O V I N G M E R C Y : C O M P A S S I O N M I N I S T R I E S

a. Truth-falsehood claims

b. Beauty-ugliness claims

c. Right-wrong claims

d. Moral codes: the power of ultimate concern and sacredness in human society

C. Manifestations of culture

1. Behavior : customs, products, and languages learned as symbol systems of forms and learned meaning

2. Products : material objects, lived environments

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3. Explicit beliefs and value systems : all of those forms whereby we through practice, ritual, tradition, and structure embody, articulate, and celebrate our worldview ( politics, religion, kinship relationships, economics, technology, etc. ).

II. The Implications of Difference in Doing Justice and Loving Mercy

A. The differences between people are important .

1. God created difference, Acts 17.26-28.