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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif">Christ in the Rubble – Rev Isaac Munther’s powerful Christmas sermon in Bethlehem<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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The theology of empire – “</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif">a powerful tool to mask oppression – the concept of land without people; the weaponization of the bible”.<br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#0F1419;background:white">"The hypocrisy and racism of the Western world is transparent and appalling," he said.</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><a href="https://twitter.com/democracynow/status/1739639598857240862">Democracy Now! on X: "Reverend @MuntherIsaac, the pastor at the Evangelical Lutheran Church
in Bethlehem, delivered a powerful Christmas sermon on the war in Gaza and why the world must stand with Palestinians. "The hypocrisy and racism of the Western world is transparent and appalling," he said. https://t.co/NrdNOKFtl0" / X (twitter.com)</a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Subject:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Christmas Eve sermon in Bethlehem<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#272727">Reverend @MuntherIsaac, the pastor at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, delivered a powerful Christmas sermon on the war in Gaza and why the world must stand with
Palestinians. "The hypocrisy and racism of the Western world is transparent and appalling," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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