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Creating a Culture of Life Against Ideology and Capital

September 26, 2011

I heard a sermon recently on the need to create a “culture of life” instead of the “culture of death” that we currently have in our society. Not only do we love violence in our movies and video games, but our ...

The New “War” on Terror: 9/11 and Jesus’ Approach to Enemies of the State

Kurt Willems

September 10, 2011

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This past week I was invited to speak at a youth event, which had servanthood and commissioning as its focus. It was organized by three youth pastors that are all close friends of mine. When they asked me ...

Facing Jesus’ Doppelganger

Christian Piatt

August 29, 2011

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Hollywood has done a lot to tarnish the reputation of Jews in popular culture when it comes to Jesus. Yes, Mel Gibson, I’m looking at you. It was Hitler who, after seeing the famous passion play acted out ...

"What is Truth?" in the Midst of Tsunamis and Radioactivity

John Janzen

August 11, 2011

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Almost six months have passed since the earthquake and tsunami hit northern Japan, ending the lives of over 20, 000 people. Reconstruction efforts move steadily forward, even as concerns about the possibili...

A Post-bin Laden Reflection on Violence

Chris Heuertz

May 6, 2011

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In the spring of 1999, during NATO’s bombing of Serbia, I was in the "Tent City" in Tirana, Albania. Floods of Kosovar refugees were pouring into the camps, telling horrific stories of rape and ethnic ...

The Cross Destroys Evil (Not Killing Osama)

Jarrod McKenna

May 3, 2011

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My favorite t-shirt (a gift from my mates at “On Earth Peace” ) simply reads “When Jesus said, “Love your enemies, ” I think he probably meant, don’t kill them.” I put it on this morning and stepped out of m...

Whose Death Does God Cheer?

Jimmy Spencer Jr.

May 2, 2011

Church Life, Global, Theology

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BY: JIMMY SPENCER JR. -- I'm not a pacifist—but I do not celebrate the death of another human. Even Osama bin Laden...

Death Be Not Proud: The Easter Gospel of Non-Violence

Shane Claiborne

April 21, 2011

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Tomorrow is "Good" Friday, the day Christians around the world remember Jesus' crucifixion. Last year on Good Friday one of my neighbors said to me, "I thought it's supposed to rain on Good Friday... but t...

Does it Pay to Pray for Healing?

Tony Campolo

March 23, 2011

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A widowed mother of six dies of breast cancer. In the months preceding her death, the members of her church held weekly prayer meetings, begging God to heal her. Twice, all night prayer vigils were held on ...

Redemptive Poetry on a Night of Violence

Bart Campolo

March 18, 2011

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It is Sunday night, and I am suddenly awake at the crack of too-close gunfire. I creep to the window without turning on the light, more curious than afraid until I remember I don’t know if my daughter Miran...