Hugh Blair, Church of Scotland minister, says God known by mercy. He mocks those who would claim a relation to the Father of mercies, to look to him for compassion and grace, and yet demonstrate no (Colossians 3:12-14) compassion, kindness, and gentleness?

Some Reformed-adjacent Christians were saying a year or so ago that “kindness”, per se, was a bad thing.

How can you practice the virtues of Colossians 3:12-14?

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Gustav Warneck founded German Protestant Missions Committee. Here he criticizes use of “trade” as means to bring Civilization to indigenous people in US. If the trade robs the natives and pushes brandy to the point of addiction, and is posited as a vehicle for Civilization, then Civilization itself is evil. Moral restraint is needed in trade.

Can earnest interest in evangelization go hand-in-hand with criticism of commerce?

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