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Afternoon session with Tim Wise, open to all Student Leaders.

Tim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and educators in the United States. He has spent the past 20 years speaking to audiences in all 50 states, on over 1000 college and high school campuses, at hundreds of professional and academic conferences, and to community groups across the country.

He has also lectured internationally, in Canada and Bermuda, and has trained corporate, government, entertainment, media, law enforcement, military, and medical industry professionals on methods for dismantling racism in their institutions. Wise has provided anti-racism training to educators and administrators nationwide.

Wise is the author of seven books, including his latest, Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and Sacrificing the Future of America (City Lights Books). Other books include Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority (City Lights Books); his highly acclaimed memoir, White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son (recently updated and re-released by Soft Skull Press); Affirmative Action: Racial Preference in Black and White; Speaking Treason Fluently: Anti-Racist Reflections From an Angry White Male; Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama; and Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity.

Named one of 25 Visionaries Who are Changing Your World, by Utne Reader, Wise has contributed chapters or essays to over 25 additional books and his writings are taught in colleges and universities across the nation. His essays have appeared on Alternet, Salon, Huffington Post, Counterpunch, The Root, Black Commentator, BK Nation and Z Magazine among other popular, professional and scholarly journals.

From 1999-2003, Wise was an advisor to the Fisk University Race Relations Institute, in Nashville, and in the early 90s he was Youth Coordinator and Associate Director of the Louisiana Coalition Against Racism and Nazism: the largest of the many groups organized for the purpose of defeating neo-Nazi political candidate, David Duke.

Wise has been featured in several documentaries, including the 2013 Media Education Foundation release, White Like Me: Race, Racism and White Privilege in America. The film, which he co-wrote and co-produced, has been called A phenomenal educational tool in the struggle against racism, and One of the best films made on the unfinished quest for racial justice, by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva of Duke University, and Robert Jensen of the University of Texas, respectively. He also appeared alongside legendary scholar and activist, Angela Davis, in the 2011 documentary, Vocabulary of Change. In this public dialogue between the two activists, Davis and Wise discussed the connections between issues of race, class, gender, sexuality and militarism, as well as inter-generational movement building and the prospects for social change.

Wise appears regularly on CNN and MSNBC to discuss race issues and was featured in a 2007 segment on 20/20. He graduated from Tulane University in 1990 and received antiracism training from the Peoples Institute for Survival and Beyond, in New Orleans.

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On Wednesdays Morning Joe, co-host Joe Scarborough discussed with Rev. Al Sharpton the mens interpretation of Jesus specific instructions to provide everyone with access to health care.

After lambasting Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) for his recent comments about people having to choose to buy health insurance rather than a new iPhone, they then used a quote by Rep. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) to denounce the sincerity of any Christian who would oppose government provided health care.

Just like Jesus said, The poor will always be with us. There is a group of people that just dont want health care and arent going to take care of themselves.

Marshall said, Just like Jesus said, The poor will always be with us. There is a group of people that just dont want health care and arent going to take care of themselves The Medicaid population, which is [on] a free credit card, as a group, do probably the least preventive medicine and taking care of themselves and eating healthy and exercising.

While co-host Mika Brzezinksi displayed shock and outrage through her facial expressions, Scarborough and Sharpton babbled on about this complete twisting of the Gospel.

The very mandate of Christ, they insisted, was the responsibility of His followers to provide health care and other government assistance to the poor. After accusing Marshall of twisting the Gospel, Scarborough and Sharpton themselves twisted the Gospel and message of Jesus for their own political arguments.

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Scarborough insisted that anyone who ever read Matthew 25 would understand what Jesus meant by caring for the least of these. He went on to refer to the Good Samaritan parable and the goats and sheep parable. Sharpton also mentioned the story of the rich young ruler whom Jesus told to sell everything he had and follow Him, in order to inherit the kingdom of heaven and denounced what he called selective compassion.

If one only read the parable of the sheep and the goats or another parable in isolation, it might be possible to misinterpret the message, or understood those who do misinterpret it. However Jesus is not providing instruction on the treatment of the poor, but instead warning of His coming judgment on those who believe in Him as Lord and Savior (represented by sheep) and those who rejected Him (represented by goats).

His followers embraced His message of salvation, and are saved by His atonement through the cross. Their acts of service represent how they treated Jesus message and His messengers versus those who rejected both Jesus message and His messengers.

In Matthew 25, the parable of the sheep and the goats is preceded by the Parable of the Ten Virgins and the Parable of the Talents. The Ten Virgins instructs Christians to be prepared for Jesus return, while the Parable of the Talents warns Christians to be wise stewards with the blessing of salvation. The responsibility of Christians is to tell others about the saving grace of God through His Son, Jesus Christ. The love and service Christians offer others is through the love of the Holy Spirit.

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Should Christians care for the least of these, meaning the poor, widowed, and orphaned? Absolutely. And to a great albeit ignored extent, there are churches and missions around the world that do so in the name of Jesus Christ. But did Jesus teach that it is the responsibility of the government to mandate health care to all? Of course not. Is personal salvation dependent upon ones treatment of the poor? No.

The government has no such reconciliation to offer.

Consider the thief on the cross next to Jesus who was promised paradise because of his recognition of who Jesus was the Son of God. There are no stories of this thief helping the poor or sheltering the homeless. He was saved by his faith. Charity, grace, and love are shown by Christians not to earn salvation, but to share the Good News of the Gospel. Good works are in response to the goodness of Christ.

Regarding the argument for the least of these being only those who Sharpton and Scarborough deem politically acceptable what about the unborn? What about the disabled, deformed, or unwanted? Are they also considered the least of these? Surely the most vulnerable in the womb deserve protection and provision for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Although Sharpton and Scarborough offered to teach a Bible class in which Sharpton could explain his reasoning for calling Jesus a refugee for his own political argument, teach compassion for the poor, and explain black history, they would likely benefit from refraining to provide their biblical interpretations. The message of Christ, His very mandate, is the need for forgiveness from sin and His provision through His own death and resurrection. The government has no such reconciliation to offer.

Katie Nations is a working mother of three young children. She lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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Guy Verhofstadt said a system will be devised to give the chance for pro-European Brits to keep the blocs benefits, such as freedom of travel and the ability to vote in European elections.

Talking to BBC Radio 4s Today programme, Mr Verhofstadt claimed he had received more than 1,000 letters from worried UK citizens who didnt want to lose their relationship with the European civilisation.

All British citizens today have also EU citizenship. That means a number of things: the possibility to participate in the European elections, the freedom of travel without problem inside the Union, he said.

We need to have an arrangement in which this arrangement can continue for those citizens who on an individual basis are requesting it.

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The senior Brussels figures will now need to convince his European colleagues to agree on such an arrangement when negotiations begin.

However, Mr Verhofstadt warned the European Parliament has the powers to veto any Brexit deal brokered between the UK and European Commission.

Prime Minister Theresa May has said she wants to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty by the end of March, which paves the way for formal divorce negotiations to begin.

Speaking at her last EU summit before she is due to activate the departure process, Mrs May said Britain was on the brink of a defining moment and ready to forge a new role in the world.

She also signalled her determination to resist any attempts by Brussels to hit the UK with a divorce bill of up to 52billion as a a punishment for voting to leave.

Mr Verhofstadt said there will always be an enormous gap between Britain and the EUs wishes, however it will be possible to reach a compromise once Article 50 is triggered.

The European Parliament chief refused to offer a settlement figure, but claimed there are objective facts which will help all parties reach a final sum.

Mrs May is due to make a statement to the Commons on Friday about Thursdays summit, raising expectations that she could use the occasion to activate the EUs exit clause.

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Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, speaks in the House of Lords Chamber at the start of the third day of The European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

The Prime Minister spoke of her desire to step up the pace of the divorce process at a new conference in Brussels.

Our European partners have made clear to me they want to get on with the negotiation and so do I, she said.

Its time to get on with leaving the European Union and building the independent, self-governing, global Britain the British people have called for. And so, I have said, we will trigger Article 50 by the end of this month.

This will be a defining moment for the UK as we begin the process of forging a new role for ourselves in the world as a strong country with control over our borders and laws.

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