The Importance of Faith in Chicago

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I think through my reading and discussing with people, God just used that to put on my heart just the extent of the injustice that's occurred in Chicago. And so I think then it all culminated for me in 2016 when Chicago had this very difficult year of 4,200 shootings and about 800 homicides. And I think through God just put in my heart that the body of Christ has got to be involved in this. Like it's not okay for us just to sit back and just say, oh, that's the police's issue. That's the mayor's issue. It's all of our issue. If we got engaged in this, couldn't we make a difference? So I think that

How can Christian respond to the epidemic of gun violence sweeping our country? Michael Allen and David Dillon join us to share about their inspiring work with Together Chicago. They are an unlikely pair in a racially divided city torn by violence: Michael is a former black pastor and David is a white business executive. Starting with their own friendship, Michael and David have led an innovative and inspiring campaign to counter the evil of gun violence with collaboration and hope.

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The Clapham Sect: How Wilberforce's Circle Transformed Britain by Stephen Tomkins (recommended by David Dillon)
Evil and the Cross by Henri Blocher (recommended by Curtis Chang on why we ultimately are not called to “make sense” of evil, but rather to combat it).
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