Red Letter Christians

Over 13,000+ Christians Call on Pastors Franklin Graham and Paula White-Cain to Accept President-Elect Biden’s Victory

November 16, 2020

Despite President-elect Joe Biden’s clear electoral victory and the complete absence of evidence behind Donald Trump’s lawsuits, multiple prominent evangelical leaders are continuing to enable the outgoing president’s dangerous attacks on the democratic process.

Giving (Not Taking) is the Mark of the Believer

Morf Morford

November 16, 2020

General, Practical Justice, Theology

How Christianity went from a faith based on sacrificial giving to an institutional blessing of taking will certainly be a challenge for historians untangle. If there were ever a faith with the heft, logic, and compassion to oppose imperialism, colonialism, slavery, and exploitation of every kind, you’d think it would be Christianity.

To My White Evangelical Friends: A Response to the Exit Polls

Felicia Melian

November 12, 2020

Politics, Practical Justice, Revival

How often does revival have to walk out of church in order to survive? How many awakened souls will have to leave the institution before the pain of staying the same is perceived as greater than the pain of change? Is there some way to expedite the process?

A New Chapter in the American Experiment

Shane Claiborne

November 9, 2020

General, Politics, Practical Justice

So today, let us celebrate. And tomorrow, let us organize. We are still in a battle for the soul of our nation, and for the soul of our faith. This election is not the finish line. It is the starting line. We now get to create the next chapter of American history together.

When Religion Becomes Idolatry

Suzie Lahoud

November 2, 2020

General, Practical Justice, Theology

Yes, I am talking about white supremacy, but the kind comfortably ensconced in a leather chair smoking a cigar. I am talking about xenophobia, but the kind safely domesticated behind a white picket fence. I am talking about homophobia, the kind that scapegoats before an audience of well-dressed parishioners.

A Practical View of White American Folk Religion Contrasted with Real Christianity

Jonathan Walton

October 31, 2020

Politics, Race, Theology

81% of White Evangelicals voted for Donald Trump to Make America Great Again. But it was not Christianity that got him elected. White American Folk Religion (WAFR) did. This ideology, not Christianity, is the oxygen burned in the spiritual fire of the United States.

A Year of No Thanks

On Thanksgiving: An Honest Home in the Uncomfortable ‘Both’

Causing Others to Stumble: A Plea to Believers

Liberty, Obedience, and Discipleship

Moving On from ‘Cheap Unity’

In a New Moment, Do a New Thing