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Why the “Christian life” isn’t worth living

September 2, 2012

For most of my life, I focused my faith on knowing Jesus through morality management. More accurately, Jesus was savior and the Spirit was the voice that helped give me the strength to avoid things like cussi...

On justice, marriage, and Obama

Michael Kimpan

June 3, 2012

General

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…because not quite enough has been said about this yet. If you’ve read a news magazine, been online or watched CNN in the past week, you know that May 9 President Obama finally came out and declared he was f...

When a System Demands our Allegiance Away from Christ

Jeremy John

March 21, 2012

General

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When I am faced with dishonesty and fraud on a systemic scale, I ask questions of God. But as I trace the origins of injustice, I am directed back towards humanity. The question becomes: what can we do to e...

Wild Goose 2012 (VIDEO)

Gareth Higgins

February 14, 2012

General

Over the past few months, the Wild Goose team and the staff at The Work of the People have been poring over video footage to create a highlight video from our debut year in 2011. While it’s impossible to repr...

Jesus, Forgiving Economic Debts and Personal Sins

Jeremy John

November 14, 2011

General

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In the Lord's prayer, our daily prayer, we pray, "forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." As we forgive our debtors. Forgive us our debts. In Aramaic, debt and sin are the same word, ḥōb. So...

Judgment's Triumph: The Unjust Death of Troy Davis

Joe Perdue

September 22, 2011

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On Wreading teacherednesday, September 21 the US Supreme Court chose to deny Troy Davis' final appeal for a stay of execution. In spite of his claim of innocence, no physical evidence of guilt, and the rec...

The Great White Hope? What White People Can Do About Racism

Chris Lahr

August 26, 2011

General

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I attend a congregation called, Iglesia del Barrio (IDB), which translated into English means “church of the neighborhood.” The congregation is made up of predominantly Puerto Rican folks who have lived most...

My Search for the Truth About the Middle East

Lynne Hybels

June 21, 2011

General

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In 2008, as I heard the increasing public rhetoric of hostility emanating from the Middle East, I found myself wondering what Jesus would say and do if he were here in the flesh today. It was with that que...

Reconnecting Spiritual Practice, Evangelism, and Justice

Tony Campolo

June 20, 2011

General

5

Many Christians are questioning whether evangelicals care enough about trying to change the political and economic institutions of our society so that they will provide equal justice for all of its citizens; ...

Ideas Have Consequences

Mimi Haddad

June 16, 2011

General

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Plato said ideas rule the world. All action begins with an idea. Paul said, "Take every thought captive to Christ (2 Cor 10:5). "Ideas have consequences and some ideas can lead to brutal outcomes. For example,...

Why the “Christian life” isn’t worth living

On justice, marriage, and Obama

When a System Demands our Allegiance Away from Christ

Wild Goose 2012 (VIDEO)

Jesus, Forgiving Economic Debts and Personal Sins

Judgment's Triumph: The Unjust Death of Troy Davis

The Great White Hope? What White People Can Do About Racism

My Search for the Truth About the Middle East

Reconnecting Spiritual Practice, Evangelism, and Justice

Ideas Have Consequences

Thou Shalt Not Compare Historical Horrors?

What Will It Take to Study War No More?

What Should Churches Do with Questioners?

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