Politics – Page 8 – Red Letter Christians

Beyond the Culture Wars: A Faith of Our Own

May 11, 2012

The first President I remember is Bill Clinton. To be more specific: Bill Clinton’s second term. I’ve heard spectacles of the House Republican takeover in 1994 and stories of the Clinton v. Gingrich era but my ...

The politics of having faith and serving in government

Aaron Graham

May 8, 2012

General

It breaks my heart today to see how often politics shapes our faith, rather than faith shaping our politics. Over the years the church in America has become so biblically illiterate that we are often being m...

We Are Christianity: An Open Letter to Frustrated Christians in the United States

Bruce Reyes-Chow

February 16, 2012

General

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...

Who Hijacked My Church?

Chuck Gutenson

February 5, 2012

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“Cheap levitra for saleChurch folks are just too political!” When people are asked why they have decided to leave the church, this has become an increasingly popular response. And, sadly, it is a particu...

At The Corner of Injustice, Exploitation and Corruption

Katrina Smith

December 3, 2011

General

Growing up as a product of the system as well as working in the inner city, I experienced and witnessed many things that disturbed and angered me. Things such as injustice, inequality, predatory lending, ...

Emmett Till to Herman Cain: It’s No Longer About Civil Rights

Christian Piatt

November 19, 2011

General

In August, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till, and African-American, was killed for reportedly flirting with a white woman. He was beaten, his eyes cut out of his head, and his lifeless body was dumped in a ...

Muslims in the Military – A Case of Envy

Craig M. Watts

November 16, 2011

Interfaith, Theology

I envy the distrust that Muslims in America face. There are loud voices claiming that they can't be counted on to be totally dependable citizens. In particular, we are being told that Muslims can't...

Why Jesus might be a Republi-demo-liber-green-peace and freed-O-crat

Kurt Willems

October 14, 2011

General

A few months ago there was a provocative article written by Phil Zuckerman and Dan Cady called: Why Evangelicals Hate Jesus. It would be easy for many to be up in arms about such an article, but maybe it takes...

What's Wrong With America?

James L. Evans

August 18, 2011

General

In the last few weeks we have witnessed for the first time in our history the down grading of America’s credit rating. Because of partisan feuding, and an effort by Republicans to undermine President Obama’s c...