Paul – Page 3 – Red Letter Christians

Rethinking the Roman Road: Paul’s Gospel and Violence

July 10, 2012

The gospel is just as much about breaking through to hurting, estranged, and broken people as it about calling us to turn from our self-focused and hurtful ways. In fact, the two are often hopelessly intertwined.

How Does a Red Letter Christian Read the Bible?: A Jesus-shaped Proposal

Derek Flood

June 16, 2012

Theology

How does a Red Letter Christian read the Bible? From the name, you'd think it means that we focus on the red letters of Jesus. This is certainly true. But does that mean that we ignore the regular black lett...

Screw Your Neighbor

Morf Morford

June 15, 2012

General

Have your ever noticed how we so easily invert traditional – even Biblical sayings and values? We might call ourselves Christians, but our language, if not our behavior, will betray us every day. As Paul p...

Oppressors, Activists, and Spiritual Stinginess: St. Paul’s Guide to Praying Better Prayers

Jenny Rae Armstrong

May 21, 2012

General

“And I am praying that you will put into action the generosity that comes from your faith as you understand and experience all the good things we have in Christ.” -Philemon 1:6 I was reading Philemon this we...

The Table is the Microcosm of a Practical Faith

Jeremy John

May 20, 2012

General

My generation is a practical generation, and I am challenged by my faith to be a practical person. Don’t get me wrong: I love all verbal and theological things: story, theology, politics, and history, pe...

The Power of Being a Partial Bible Christian!

John Galloway Jr.

February 28, 2012

Theology

“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 l...

Like Religious Freedom? Wear Ashes on Wednesday!

Morgan Guyton

February 21, 2012

General

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. ...

I Believe in a Rebel God

Derek Flood

February 2, 2012

General

I believe in a rebel God. A subversive system. A dissident discipleship. Now, I don't know about you, but where I live, most folks who hear that I am a Christian immediately associate this with a religion c...

Should Christians Support the rEVOLution?

Joshua D. Ambrosius

January 28, 2012

General

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul recently argued for a “Golden Rule” in foreign policy in the first South Carolina GOP debate. “We endlessly bomb countries, ” he said, “and then we wonder why they ...

A Gift for Blago? And You and Me…

Joshua D. Ambrosius

January 6, 2012

General

“My life is ruined.” These words were uttered by Rod Blagojevich to Judge James Zagel on December 7 as he pleaded for mercy. His life is ruined, with “nobody to blame but self.” Early on in my spiritual and...