From Soldier to Pacifist
BY: MATT YOUNG -- The key reason I have become a pacifist, or believer in non-violence, whatever technical term we want to call it, is this....
Christian Utopia and the Body Politic
BY: GREG DILL -- American Christians have for centuries envisioned a Christian utopia in which their society is governed by Christian officials...
How do we Pray for the Troops?
BY: CRAIG M. WATTS -- You pray that God protect both soldiers and civilians and you certainly don’t specify which troops. He put a lot...
Daring to Call it Idolatry: Nationalism in Worship
BY: CRAIG M. WATTS -- Because of the nature of the church's identity and mission, patriotic or nationalist expressions have no legitimate place in...
The Nationalistic Corruption of Worship in America
BY: CRAIG M. WATTS -- The best way for nationalism to take precedence over religion is for it to wear the mantle of religion, even if unofficially...
Death, Violence and America: Is God the Answer or the Problem?
Whenever there is a tragedy in America you can count on some politically saturated Christian leaders to rush in to make stupid statements. Certainly it has happened again with the heartbreaking murders in the S...
The Grammar of Gun Control
BY: MORF MORFORD -- We treat guns as a thoroughly dysfunctional family might talk about a family scandal; we just don't...
Mass Killing is our Idea of Patriotism
BY: FRANK SCHAEFFER -- The horrible violence in a small school against OUR six-year-olds perfectly reflects the nature of our...
Bethlehem: Then and Now
BY: REV. DR. MITRI RAHEB -- Bethlehem has become almost a mythological place: Children imagine it with a...
Is the Kingdom of God Built of Vegetables?
BY: JEREMY JOHN -- Vegetables. Who could have imagined an economy in which gentle vegetables were subversive?