Craig M. Watts is author of “Bowing Toward Babylon: The Nationalistic Subversion of Christian Worship in America” (Cascade Books 2017), an ordained Disciples of Christ minister, and a life-long peace activist. He is lives with his wife Cindi in Oaxaca De Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Contributions
- February 14, 2013: Love Your Enemies …Sort Of?
- September 10, 2013: Hating the Poor but Loving Jesus?
- August 14, 2013: Beyond Trayvon Martin and Racism
- August 5, 2013: Peace of Mind and the Prophetic Pursuit of Peace and Justice
- July 4, 2013: Flag Extremism and Christian Practice
- June 28, 2013: The Danger of Big Surveillance Government
- June 26, 2013: Singing the Virtues of Drones
- June 1, 2013: Certainty, Accuracy and Seeking to Follow Jesus
- May 27, 2013: Memorial Day and the Sacrificed
- May 24, 2013: The Irrelevance of Jesus to Congressmen and Food Stamps
- March 20, 2013: Was the Iraq War Worth It? A Christian Reflection for the Tenth Anniversary of the Invasion
- September 25, 2013: Interests of the Wealthy Elite and Myth of Government “Inefficiency”
- January 18, 2013: How do we Pray for the Troops?
- January 11, 2013: Daring to Call it Idolatry: Nationalism in Worship
- January 8, 2013: The Nationalistic Corruption of Worship in America
- December 27, 2012: Death, Violence and America: Is God the Answer or the Problem?
- December 5, 2012: Big Government/Small Government: Is Size a Real Faith Issue?
- October 24, 2012: Presidential Politics, Big Military and Jesus
- October 3, 2012: Robbing the Rich: Biblical Concern or Political Preoccupation?
- September 25, 2012: Religious Entitlement and the Protests in the Middle East
- September 18, 2012: Why Abortion Should Not Be Politically Decisive for Christians
- July 18, 2014: Beyond the Diminished Cross
- November 26, 2015: Thanksgiving Day: Being Grateful for Us
- November 25, 2015: Are We Making Police More Dangerous by Saying They’re Endangered?
- September 16, 2015: Military Coup, Revolution, and the Way of Jesus
- July 4, 2015: Getting Church Right on the 4th of July
- March 4, 2015: Officer Slaps Homeless Man, Exposes Systemic Violence
- February 12, 2015: Franklin Graham and “Christian” Violence
- December 15, 2014: Jesus Was Tortured to End All Torture
- November 13, 2014: Taking Food From the Mouths of the Hungry
- July 31, 2014: Illegal Immigration, Child Refugees, and Christian Compassion
- September 12, 2012: Covetous Leaders: How the Religious Right gets it Exactly Wrong
- June 30, 2014: Singing Praise to God, Not America
- June 3, 2014: A "Christian" Defense of Genocide? David Barton's Justification of the Devastation of Native Americans
- May 23, 2014: Three Questions for Memorial Day
- April 30, 2014: The Problem with the National Day of Prayer
- January 23, 2014: Jesus, Class Warrior?
- January 11, 2014: The Inexcusable Freedom of Irresponsible Gun Owners
- November 15, 2013: Kenneth Copeland and David Barton’s Detrimental Guidance for Veterans
- October 26, 2013: Mark Driscoll's Badass Jesus
- October 18, 2013: Shall We Celebrate the 1%?
- December 6, 2019: The White Evangelical Persecution Complex
- December 8, 2017: How Abortion Covers a Multitude of Sins, Even Condoning a Pedophile
- February 14, 2018: The Little Big Differences in Christian Nationalism
- July 26, 2018: Trump Christianity and the Abandonment of Jesus
- August 13, 2018: The Truth of Jesus and the Lies of Trump
- March 15, 2019: American Crap
- May 3, 2019: Trumping the National Day of Prayer
- May 27, 2019: Can We Remember Truthfully on Memorial Day?
- July 5, 2019: The ‘Imaginary God’ of Rev. Robert Jeffress
- August 15, 2019: Taking Love Out of the Statue of Liberty
- October 25, 2017: Why This Pro-Life Christian Does Not Support Banning Abortion
- December 17, 2019: Can We Stop a New Civil War?
- February 28, 2020: A Critique of ‘Five Reasons Socialism Is Not Christian’
- May 12, 2020: Jobs and Judgment in a Time of Pandemic
- May 29, 2020: Genuine Freedom Is Love at Work
- June 18, 2020: On Trump Supporters and Good Fruit
- July 27, 2020: A World of Lies When the Truth Sets Us Free
- August 13, 2020: For Christians, Is There ‘A Time to Hate?’
- October 26, 2020: The Priority of Peaceableness in a Disruptive Election
- January 11, 2021: The Cost of Believing Liars
- February 18, 2012: Again, Who Would Jesus Tax?
- September 6, 2012: Commendable in an Age of Short Cuts: Kings, Presidents and Prophets
- August 29, 2012: Slandering the Poor: An Exercise in Self-Righteousness
- August 7, 2012: Fraudulent Freedom and the Needs of the Poor
- July 4, 2012: Is Patriotism Really Christian?
- June 21, 2012: Bankers are Going to Hell (and Other Ways to Play Fast and Loose with the Bible)
- June 2, 2012: Gracious Nonconformity
- May 11, 2012: Beyond Bootstrap Success Stories
- April 22, 2012: The Truth of Success and Failure
- February 25, 2012: Loving Like Jesus: Views and Reviews
- March 16, 2021: The Use of Violence to Advance Political Goals
- January 9, 2012: Can Christians Learn from the War in Iraq?
- December 23, 2011: The Challenge Of Keeping The Real Christ In Christmas
- November 28, 2011: A Visit To Occupy Washington D.C.: Some Thoughts on Violence and Nonviolence
- November 16, 2011: Muslims in the Military – A Case of Envy
- November 6, 2011: Military Christianity and the Way of Jesus
- May 28, 2016: Memorial Day Is Not On the Church’s Calendar
- June 8, 2016: Trump, Violence, and Counter-Violence
- March 24, 2017: Did We Worship Our Way to Trump?
- August 11, 2017: Lies from the Pit of Hell: The Dangerous Theology of Rev. Jeffress

