Charlottesville – Red Letter Christians

The Critical Inaction of White Moderates

January 21, 2019

One of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s most well-known works is his penned Letter from A Birmingham Jail. His mastery of classical thought and application to the world is remarkable, but what makes his work s...

Can America Be Great Again?

Tony Campolo

November 15, 2018

Creation & Environment, Global, Immigration & Refugees, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Race

Among those who would make America great again, there needs to be soul searching.

Repentance & Reconstruction: How to Unlearn Slaveholder Religion

Daniel Harrison

July 27, 2018

Books, Church Life, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Race, Theology

This level of racism was not born overnight.

For the ‘Cause of Christ,’ Liberty Alumni Return Diplomas

Elaina Ramsey

October 27, 2017

General, Politics, Practical Justice, Race

"...the priorities of the university are political power and earthly wealth. For this, I call Liberty University and its leadership to repent and return to the gospel."

#TheDeclaration: Speaking the Truth with Love, Without Apology

Lisa Sharon Harper

September 11, 2017

Church Life, General, LGBTQ+, Practical Justice, Race, Theology

#TheDeclaration should not have worked. It’s too long. It had too many drafters. But it did work, and it is working. Why? I believe it’s because the message is the anthem of our era.

Red Letter Christians in These Troubling Times

Tony Campolo

September 4, 2017

General, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Race, Theology

We need to pray for the brothers and sisters who articulate the ugly values that were broadcast over television sets around the world, demonstrating that in America the problem of racism has been in no way resolved.

Yesterday, Today, and Forever?

Claudia May

August 18, 2017

Church Life, General, Politics, Race

As they alight Charlottesville, Virginia With their fury We wonder what clothes did their ancestors wear Under their bright white sheets?

Siding with Jesus & Justice

Tony Campolo

August 18, 2017

Politics, Race, Theology

White Evangelicalism is losing its credibility. It's time to adopt the new label of "Red Letter Christian" in order to define yourself and stand on the side of Jesus and justice.

Salvation for White People

Melissa Browning

August 16, 2017

Church Life, Race, Theology

It’s easy to point fingers at extremists carrying torches in Charlottesville. They need to be saved, we say, and we’re right. But we need to be saved too. And our silence gets in the way of our being saved.

Will America Pick Up Its Cross?

Lisa Sharon Harper

August 14, 2017

Church Life, Politics, Race, Theology

Today the colonizing spirit leads Christian conferences to flash all (or nearly all) white speaker lineups without a blush, promote white worship music as the gold Christian standard around the world, and build mega churches in the mold of mega malls and amusement parks that serve hundreds of thousands music and scripture disconnected from parishioners’ local contexts and needs.