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Look Up America! An Interview with Gary Moore

June 14, 2012

In a society of 24/7 media, political pundits and an "economic crisis" once a day, Gary Moore is a prophet. His latest book, Look Up America, carries the subtitle: "Financial Insights for Tea Partiers Looki...

Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven. Nobody Wants to Die

Jeremy Courtney

June 12, 2012

Global

Whether it's Kony, Syria or Iran, one thing is clear: Americans think more of military intervention than preemptive love. This wouldn't be surprising, except that so many Americans identify themselves as ...

A Story of Christian-Muslim Friendship: Entering Without Knocking

Brian McLaren

May 22, 2012

Global

We all know the standard traditions of marriage in America: something borrowed, something blue... the groom doesn't see the bride before the wedding... processional and recessional... the kiss, the toast......

Let Them Eat Cake

Jimmy Spencer Jr.

May 12, 2012

Global

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That's what she said. It wasn't out of malice or even hard-heartedness that Marie Antoinette supposedly uttered these now infamous words, but out of a barnacled ignorance that grows and eventually blinds all ...

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 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 ...

"The land is mine" (the importance of Leviticus 25:23)

Morgan Guyton

April 16, 2012

General

As the debate rages within Christianity over what the Bible teaches about economic "fairness, " a key chapter to peruse is Leviticus 25, which introduces the concept of the year of the jubilee that Jesus procl...

God's Word to Evangelicals…Through Brian McLaren

RLC Editor

April 11, 2012

General

A stone's throw from Starbucks - Joe, homeless and a dead ringer for blues singer Robert Johnson, tells Wheaton College freshman Wendy Gullivan that He is God and has a message for the Evangelicals...a mes...

True Meaning of Easter Lies in its Beauty, Not its Violence

Kay Campbell

April 10, 2012

Church Life, Theology

Surely the truest way to find the God of Easter is not through contorted extractions of retribution and atonement.

Understanding the Criticism of KONY 2012

Derek Flood

March 22, 2012

General

The viral video Kony 2012 has over 80 million hits on YouTube, and has become an internet phenomenon. The video is an artfully crafted and emotionally moving plea to stop Joseph Kony of the LRA, who is respon...

Look Up America! An Interview with Gary Moore

Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven. Nobody Wants to Die

A Story of Christian-Muslim Friendship: Entering Without Knocking

Let Them Eat Cake

Oh Yeah! Connecticut Abolished the Death Penalty

What To Do About “Radical Feminist Nuns”

"The land is mine" (the importance of Leviticus 25:23)

God's Word to Evangelicals…Through Brian McLaren

True Meaning of Easter Lies in its Beauty, Not its Violence

Understanding the Criticism of KONY 2012

The Sacred Work of White Discomfort

The Heresy of Christian Nationalism

Heavy Burdens and Hope: A Review

Buddy Stouffer’s Execution Was the Last of 2021. Will It Be the Last to Be Proved an Error?

Living Out Our Dual Citizenship

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