November 2011 – Red Letter Christians

Open and Affirming Because of the Bible

November 30, 2011

I want to start by saying that any time there are two people with opposing views concerning a third group of people, the resulting conversation will involve much audacity, hubris and privilege. That I am give...

Open? Yes! Affirming? No.

Dan Martin

November 29, 2011

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I’ve been running into a lot of comments from friends across the blogosphere lately, revolving around the issue of how the church should respond to homosexuality today. I write this response with ...

A Visit To Occupy Washington D.C.: Some Thoughts on Violence and Nonviolence

Craig M. Watts

November 28, 2011

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My son and I were in Washington, D.C. on November 20th to attend the "Super Vigil" for a just and fair budget. Afterward, when we had finished visiting with a few of the people who had gathered for the event,...

Preacher or False Prophet

Christian Piatt

November 26, 2011

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My first job in a church was as a music minister. I loved the senior pastor I served with, as did the congregation we faced every Sunday morning. He taught me a lot about worship, preaching and how to connect...

Prophetic Pepper Spray, Suffering, and the Revolutionary Kingdom: UC Davis and #OccupyWallStreet

Kurt Willems

November 25, 2011

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Suffering. Not something that is glorified in itself in Scripture, but the glory is in the cause suffered for. Suffering, most often, is the result of circumstances uncontrollable to the victim. Born into...

I’m Thankful for My Government

Morgan Guyton

November 24, 2011

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It might seem strange to say, but I'm thankful for my government. I'm not necessarily talking about the politicians in Congress whose commitment to ideology over reality is driving our country into the ground....

The Girl Who Cried Wolf, and Other Myths

Jenny Rae Armstrong

November 23, 2011

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You can’t go online lately without hearing about hearing about Herman Cain and the allegations of sexual harassment haunting his campaign. Those posts inevitably make me wince—not the articles themselves, but ...

Individualism, Desire and the Christian Self

Matt Anslow

November 22, 2011

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It is frequently said that we live in an individualistic society. This is not all bad. The fact that individualist philosophy values the individual’s worth is fantastic. Not so fantastic in light of Christian...

Politics, Prejudices, and Hungry Dogs

Bert Montgomery

November 21, 2011

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It was a cold and drizzling Easter Sunday morning, early just before the sun rises, in rural northern Kentucky. I was assisting the local Methodist pastor in leading the community Sunrise Easter Service. Rev...

Emmett Till to Herman Cain: It’s No Longer About Civil Rights

Christian Piatt

November 19, 2011

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In August, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till, and African-American, was killed for reportedly flirting with a white woman. He was beaten, his eyes cut out of his head, and his lifeless body was dumped in a ...