April 2011 – Page 2 – Red Letter Christians

Sexual Assault, Cold Nights and God's Plan

April 20, 2011

At 23, most people her age are very conscious of their appearance, but Stephanie’s wardrobe consisted of thrift store finds and cast offs, leaning heavily toward stretch pants and sweatshirts that advertised...

The Future of College Ministry: Credibility Over Credentials

Andrew Marin

April 19, 2011

General

More than any other type of life and faith in culture, there is no doubt in my mind that college ministry is consistently the most rapidly changing population of believers. I am only 11 years removed from my f...

UnChristian: Who Do I Emulate?

Colin McCartney

April 18, 2011

General

I have been doing some thinking about the book UnChristian in which non – Christians had the opportunity to share their views of Evangelical Christians. Not surprisingly they are not too impressed by us....

Ride the Donkey: Love Over Power

Tony Campolo

April 17, 2011

General

I sometimes think that many Evangelical Christians tend toward becoming modern counterparts of the ancient Gnostics. While the theologically liberal doubt the deity of Jesus, we have a tendency to diminish His...

Changing America and the World for the Common Good

Tony Campolo

April 16, 2011

General

There was a time when I thought that a handful of committed persons, wholly dedicated to their cause, could change the world. After all, Margaret Mead had said we could. It was really the fantasy of someon...

Turning Again: Tax Day

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

April 16, 2011

General

This year, Tax Day (April 15) happened to be the Friday before Good Friday. For those of us on the Lenten journey, this puts the question of whether we should pay taxes to the Empire right in the context wh...

The Ryan Plan: A Declaration of War on the Poor

Lisa Sharon Harper

April 15, 2011

General

I’ve been fasting for 18 days in solidarity with the hunger fast for a moral budget because something incredible is happening in our country, and we haven’t seen anything like it in 30 years. When introduced ...

Jesus is My Koan

Tony Campolo

April 14, 2011

General

Recently, at a public forum, I was asked to address the question as to whether or not America is having a spiritual revival. It was an easy question to address because there is blatant evidence from coast to...

Do I Deny the Resurrection?

Hugh Hollowell

April 13, 2011

Theology

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Occasionally I get emails demanding to know my stance on a particular piece of “historic orthodoxy”. People wonder about my view of hell, or who I think Jesus was or if I think there will be a second coming. S...

Hunger Fast: The Call for Justice

RLC Editor

April 12, 2011

General

“When I walked outside people, thinking I was a doctor, began handing me their dead children. Within minutes I watched 25 children die.” These were the opening words of Ambassador Tony Hall from within the...