August 2011 – Page 3 – Red Letter Christians

Like Fish Out of Water. . .What White People Can Do About Racism

August 12, 2011

Several years ago I was taking an Evangelism class at Asbury Seminary. We had a guest speaker come to our class who was an anthropology/ missiology professor. I was immediately drawn to him as he sported a ki...

"What is Truth?" in the Midst of Tsunamis and Radioactivity

John Janzen

August 11, 2011

General

Almost six months have passed since the earthquake and tsunami hit northern Japan, ending the lives of over 20, 000 people. Reconstruction efforts move steadily forward, even as concerns about the possibili...

Ending Poverty with Global Christianity's Phantom Trillion

Christopher Cocca

August 10, 2011

General

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In the '90s, Keith Olbermann was part of a flawless thing called SportsCenter. Even though the political commentary and overall style he's developed since then isn't everyone's cup of tea, this Special Comm...

Let's Talk About Sex, Baby! (. . .and Consumerism)

Matt Anslow

August 9, 2011

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Many Christians are very critical of contemporary sexual culture, and rightly so. But what is the worldview behind this culture of so-called sexual liberation? Perhaps, by directly attacking modern ideas abou...

9/11 Walks: Remembrance through Reconciliation

Bart Campolo

August 8, 2011

General

OK, so imagine you had this great idea to help people all over the world to do something really meaningful on 9/11/11 and just four weeks to pull it off? Actually, you don’t need need to imagine anything. ...

Fatalities of Prejudice

Jon Huckins

August 8, 2011

General

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Confession: I often fall victim to stereotype and blind prejudice against those outside of my cultural, religious or ethnic circle. I believe many of us have allowed the polarizing and hateful rhetoric of me...

Do Christians Believe in Democracy?

Morgan Guyton

August 7, 2011

General

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Do Christians believe in democracy? It’s a question we don’t often ask. We often think the answer is an obvious yes. For many people, believing in things like Christianity, democracy, freedom, and capita...

Hiroshima and the Transfiguration: A Meditation

Tyler Wigg-Stevenson

August 6, 2011

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It must be one of the extraordinary accidents of history that the first atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, which marks the annual Feast of the Transfiguration for Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox ...

The Myth of the Melting Pot: What White People Can Do About Racism

Chris Lahr

August 5, 2011

General

One thing I know about white people is that we like results (or as Larry the Cable Guy often says, we like to “git er done”). Another thing I have noticed, particularly in the Church, is that if we don’t thi...

I'm Done With Living Like A Christian

Kurt Willems

August 4, 2011

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Something happened last week. I went on a retreat with an amazing spiritual director / teacher named Jan Johnson. By the end of our time together I realized that I’m done with living like a Christian. I’m d...