April 2012 – Red Letter Christians

See you on the other side Chuck Colson (VIDEO)

April 30, 2012

Chuck Colson died on April 21. Colson worked with Nixon and went to jail over an obstruction of justice charge (interestingly enough, for attempting to defame the Pentagon Papers). But more fondly, Colson wil...

Can we have a Rational Conversation about Guns?

Morf Morford

April 30, 2012

General

How many more shootings, local or national, do we need? How many more school shootings do we need before have anything like an adult conversation about these playthings of death that we love so much? I know...

Taking “Jesus Christ” Out of the Bible

Christian Piatt

April 29, 2012

General

A new translation of the Bible called “The Voice” (no, Cee-Lo makes no appearances in this one), published by Thomas Nelson, has created quite a buzz. The discussion is not so much around what is in the ne...

I Try to be Non-Partisan

Tony Campolo

April 28, 2012

General

Red Letter Christianity tries to maintain a non-partisan posture because we believe that Jesus is neither a Democrat nor a Republican. We believe that to cast Jesus in the guise of either political party is id...

Living Beyond Limbo – Turning “Eventuallys” into “Events”

Kurt Willems

April 27, 2012

General

© 2009 Hartwig HKD , Flickr | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/ In less than two weeks I will be a seminary graduate. After five long and exhausting years, I will have a Masters of Divini...

Oh Yeah! Connecticut Abolished the Death Penalty

Shane Claiborne

April 26, 2012

General

THIS JUST IN… Big news. Connecticut abolished the death penalty yesterday. Only 33 more states to go. It’s time we stop killing people who kill people to show that killing people is wrong. In a histori...

What does Jesus think about Homosexuality?

Derek Flood

April 26, 2012

General, Theology

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Is homosexuality a sin? It's an age-old question, and there are people on both sides of the debate, each quoting their Bibles. How do we know who's right? What would Jesus do if he were here with us today? Je...

What To Do About “Radical Feminist Nuns”

Christian Piatt

April 25, 2012

General

It’s not exactly headline-worthy news that many Catholics actually hold personal beliefs that don’t line up with church doctrine. It does get a little more interesting, however, when an umbrella group for ...

Practicing Resurrection: Turning Vacant Lots Into Gardens in Philadelphia

Shane Claiborne

April 23, 2012

General

"What's that?" one of the kids asked, with big gleaming eyes. "That's a firefly" I said, with a smile, realizing it was his first firefly-sighting. "Why does it glow like that?" I thought for a minute. "...

The Truth of Success and Failure

Craig M. Watts

April 22, 2012

General

“I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the skillful; but time and chance happen to them...