Big Government/Small Government: Is Size a Real Faith Issue?
BY: CRAIG M. WATTS -- Is the size of government a faith issue? It is certainly a perennial political issue and the current discussions....
Why this Republican Voted for Obama But Is Not (Yet) a Democrat
BY: TOM McCROSSAN -- All too often, our political choices are who’s the best of two bad options? Or who has fewer faults than...
A Theology of Capitalism: Entrepreneurs vs. Money-changers
There are two different stories people tell about capitalism. Those who describe capitalism favorably say that it is the story of how the innovation a...
Jesus Times Two: "Jesus Beck" or "Jesus the Christ"
BY: KATHY VESTAL -- Today though we are confused by two Jesuses, and they don’t resemble each other at all...
Does Government Assistance Discourage Private Charity?
A couple of months ago my brother, the Reverend Doctor Jim Robinson, posted a blog titled “Hard Work vs. Government Assistance.” It was well-written...
How to Lose an Election
BY: MORF MORFORD -- The 2012 election will certainly be noted as a monument to miscalculation and fundamental...
The Hand is Quicker than the Eye: In Magic and Politics
BY: MORF MORFORD -- “The hand is quicker than the eye” is a traditional proverb and organizing principle of every...
Fear and Loathing in Fundamentalist Land
BY: TOM McCROSSAN -- As a life-long Republican and an evangelical minister, I have been appalled at the attitudes...
The Impossibility of Being President and Following Jesus
BY: KURT WILLEMS -- It’s impossible to be the president of the United States and to follow Jesus. This is a radical...
A Politics of Selflessness
BY: JOSHUA D. AMBROSIUS -- As we vote, let us consider our own, our candidate’s, our party’s commitments to...