November 2011 – Page 3 – Red Letter Christians

TGIF (Trash Goes Into Flight): The Bastardization of Creativity

November 9, 2011

Turn on the radio and you’ll find yourself bathing in the cesspool that is popular music. Whoa, slow down there cowboy! That’s a pretty harsh way to start, you can’t open with that! Maybe you’re right. I su...

On the Death of My Mother and the Nature of Love

Andrew Himes

November 8, 2011

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On Tuesday afternoon, October 4, 2011, my sister Faith called from Chattanooga and said, “Mom’s gone.” I heard a rushing sound in my ears and my heart thumped and I said the most profound thing I could thin...

Was Jesus a Bigot? He Did Call a Woman a Dog

Christian Piatt

November 7, 2011

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One of the biggest barriers to helpful, healthy conversation about the Christian faith seems to revolve around fear. What if I don’t know something I should and others find out? What if I ask a question that m...

Foreclosure Tourism

Morf Morford

November 6, 2011

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If you think driving by a series of For Sale signs in your neighborhood is sobering, consider what a closer look might hold. I took a real estate sponsored tour of foreclosed homes in my area recently. These ...

Military Christianity and the Way of Jesus

Craig M. Watts

November 6, 2011

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As I write these words my Dad’s dog tags are lying in front of me. He was in the Army during World War 2, serving in North Africa and Italy. My uncles also spent time in the military during these same yea...

Women of Winter: The Outcasts

Greg Dill

November 5, 2011

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About a month ago, I finished reading a book by one of my favorite Christian authors, Max Lucado. The title of this book is “God Came Near”, arguably his best written and perhaps most popular book. One of th...

Occupy Wall Street, the Church, and the Apocalypse

Jeremy John

November 5, 2011

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How long have we been comfortable in the 1st world church? Nourishing ourselves on the warm broth of prayer and fellowship, resting and gathering strength, singing worship songs that seek an inward peace fr...

The Biblical Version of Occupy Wall Street

Katrina Smith

November 4, 2011

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As I followed the media coverage on the revolts in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and now even America with Occupy Wall Street and the "99%" Movement, I knew that it sounded all too familiar. I searched through the ...

Honky-Tonk Hymns in the God Pod

Morf Morford

November 4, 2011

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October’s BEST Reading

RLC Editor

November 3, 2011

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Due to frequent request, each month Red Letter Christians will provide you with the latest list of most popular and talked about books on our site. This list is derived from reader feedback and is provided as ...