This is Pure — A Tax Collector and Sinner who shouldn't be Here
BY: MICHAEL KIMPAN -- News of the rabbi who taught a radical redemption was spreading well beyond the religious...
Murder in Our Hearts
BY: MORF MORFORD -- If there is anything Christians should never need a reminder of, it is how much God hates murder...
Why This Christian Will Never Own a Gun
As a Christian and a Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA) I often struggle with Scripture and how God intends for me to live in the world. Jesus and our faith demands of us to make difficult decision...
Bankers are Going to Hell (and Other Ways to Play Fast and Loose with the Bible)
Source: Gaston Gazette
“Bankers are going to Hell!” the woman I was speaking to brusquely insisted.
A bit surprised, I asked, “What makes you think so?”
“Jesus teaches it!” s...
The Witness of the "Sons of Hell"
Photo Used by Permission of Patty Akrouche
The 23rd chapter of Matthew is probably the harshest speech that Jesus ever gave. We don’t hear many sermons about it because Jesus was skewering the celebrity past...
Bullies R Us
Watch your thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions.
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your habits, they become your character.
Watch your character, it becomes your d...
Loving Like Jesus: Views and Reviews
I ran across two items recently, one innocent and sweet, the other not so much. The first is a brief exchange between two characters in A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh.
Piglet: “How do you spell love?...
Like Religious Freedom? Wear Ashes on Wednesday!
There’s been a lot of talk about religious freedom over the past couple of weeks. Whatever side of the story you believe, Christianity has taken a hit both from people who oppose it and people who exploit it. ...
We Are Christianity: An Open Letter to Frustrated Christians in the United States
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
My name is Bruce Reyes-Chow and I too am a Christian. I am also a Presbyterian minister, a husband, a father and a Democrat. Identifiers claimed, I write to you tod...
The Black Letter Narrative: More than Red Letters
“By calling ourselves Red Letter Christians, we are alluding to those old versions of the Bible wherein the words of Jesus are printed in red. In adopting the name, we are saying that we are committed to livi...