August 2012 – Page 3 – Red Letter Christians

Evangelicals and Space Exploration: Do We Have Curiosity?

August 8, 2012

Source: WikiMedia “Holding the stars is the man that carries my scars.” -P.O.D., Tribal Warriors “Who but You could breathe and leave a trail of galaxies and dream of me?” -Natalie Grant, Alive In betw...

Fraudulent Freedom and the Needs of the Poor

Craig M. Watts

August 7, 2012

Theology

To claim Jesus called people to voluntarily help the poor and needy is true. But to go beyond that assertion and claim Jesus wouldn't support – and we shouldn't support – helping the poor through taxe...

Lamenting and Learning from Hiroshima

Shane Claiborne

August 6, 2012

Global

Today marks the day that the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Here's a really meaningful way to remember the day, by reading the words of George Zabelka, who was an Air Force chaplain that blessed the me...

Another Week. More Innocent People Die. Wash. Rinse. Repeat

Kirk Lyman-Barner

August 6, 2012

General

Last weekend I wrote in Red Letter Christians remembering the victims of the Aurora, Colorado and contrasting the paralyzing debate between gun control and weapon rights advocates with the nonviolent teachings...

Grandpa's Using Your Credit Card: Why the National Budget is a Moral Issue

Ron Sider

August 5, 2012

Politics

For almost fifty years, the federal government has spent more (often much more) than it took in. Continuing that pattern for another ten or twenty years would lead to economic disaster. But the problem is not...

My Quick Thought on Chick-Fil-A

Andrew Marin

August 3, 2012

General

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I was just asked by a media outlet my thoughts on tonight’s LGBT Kiss-In Protest at Chick-Fil-A, and how Christians should respond. Here was my answer: This Chick-Fil-A situation got out of control really qui...

God Loves Losers: Reflections on the Olympics

Christian Piatt

August 3, 2012

General

I’m an Olympics junkie. Not only that, but I’m also most ardently pro-American when watching them. My wife, Amy, and I were watching synchronized platform diving two nights ago (hone...

10 Days to Make Love Practical

Jarrod McKenna

August 3, 2012

Global

Have you ever felt moved to put it all on the line? Have you ever felt called to risk it all for the love we undergo when we open to God? The community that I was a part of founding where I have spent the las...

Accusers v. Advocates: The Real Sides in the Culture War

Morgan Guyton

August 2, 2012

General

One of my favorite pastors Jonathan Martin of Renovatus Church in Charlotte, NC recently preached a sermon called “Don’t Stand Up For Jesus.” Listen to it here. His point was that Jesus can stand up for Himsel...

Learning to Speak: Chick-fil-A & our Inability to Dialogue

Michael Kimpan

August 1, 2012

General

The culture wars wage on. It seems just about everyone has an opinion on Chick-fil-A these days. The "Do you like their chicken sandwiches and waffle fries?" discussion has been traded for asking whether or n...