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Are American Churches As Racist As My Mom?
photo ©2007 David Joyce, FlickrFear is what we feel, denial is what we do, and defensiveness is how we do it.I drove over to see my mom this morning and as she commented on the Christmas card I sent...
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Tony Campolo Is The Sexy Bald Man Leading the Red Letter Revolution
Tony Campolo discusses aspects of the book he co-authored with Shane Claiborne, “Red Letter Revolution.”The boys are starstruck this week talking to author, pastor, and sociologist Tony Campolo. Tony...
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An Evangelical Changes His Views on Homosexuality
One of America’s most influential evangelicals, Brian McLaren talks about his shifting views on homosexuality, including presiding at his gay son’s marriage commitment ceremony.Named one of TIME...
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Empty Pews: 6 Good Reasons Not To Go To Church
In this provocative piece, author and speaker Dale Fincher shares a few good reasons why many American Christians aren’t occupying the pews for an hour like they used to. —-Editor’s note: Here on...
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Nadia Bolz-Weber: The Minister to the Misfit Inside You and I
I have a love-hate relationship with Religion… but I am beginning to change my mind, thanks to Pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber.___Nadia Bolz-Weber is a pastor who swears like a trucker, is covered with...
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White Conservative Christians Will Not Impact the Culture Until. . . .
Recently, I read a query posed by Qideas on how the church can impact the culture. Qideas is a national organization birthed to remind Christians, particularly leaders, that we are responsible for...
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The Ethics and Social Justice of Christianity
—Religion has always been a big deal in the United States. But recently, due to tectonic shifts in the culture, one particular group—namely, White evangelical protestants—is feeling threatened.That...
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Pence, Evangelicalism, & Insults to Victims at Tree of Life
Embed from Getty ImagesWhen I think that Trump and members of his administration cannot go to any lower depths of morality and civility, they always surprise me. By now, no one can ever measure the...
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Staring Down the Apocalypse
—Growing up in the early 1980s, I took for granted that Evangelicalism was God’s favorite child. Personal devotion. Sexual purity. A “heart” for sharing Jesus with others. These were the kinds of...
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The ‘Final Days’ of Religion
With childish supernaturalism, many churches think we’re living in the “final days”–”end times” before Jesus returns for doomsday. Well, the truth may be different. These could be the end times for...
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Kirk Franklin – Speaking Out
Three years ago, when he received a Dove Award from the Gospel Music Association the Trinity Broadcasting Network, which televised the show, edited out the gospel singer’s references to fellow...
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White Evangelicals Oppose Jesus
Jesus was a liberal. He sided with underdogs. He championed little people, not the privileged and powerful. “Blessed are the poor” was one of his maxims. He told a noble: “Sell all that thou hast, and...
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Agog Over Gog and Magog
Incredibly, when President George W. Bush was stampeding the Iraq invasion in 2003, he told French President Jacques Chirac that the attack was needed to thwart Gog and Magog, the Bible’s satanic...
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Fundamentalist Intolerance
By James A. Haught , Across America, right-wing politicians pass “religious freedom” laws that have a single purpose: to let narrow-minded believers discriminate against gays — an intolerance that is...
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White Evangelical Love for Herschel Walker
“For a Herschel Walker Win, Georgia’s Evangelicals Are Willing To Sell Their Souls…” — Anthea Butler Christian white supremacy There is seemingly unconditional support for Herschel Walker by major...
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