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The New War on Christmas

Shane Claiborne
December 14, 2021
Gun Violence, Peace & Nonviolence, Practical Justice
This week also marks the 9th anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting (December 14), one of those all-too-familiar moments when our country said, “Never again”… and then let it happen again and again. 

This Is Not Normal

Auburn Senior Fellows
August 29, 2018
Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Practical Justice, Theology
From mass shootings to suicides, gun violence has become so common that it’s become far too easy to normalize it.

Turning Guns into Garden Tools

Mike Martin
December 21, 2017
General, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Practical Justice
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By turning swords into plowshares and guns into garden tools, we’re advocating for an altogether different approach to violence in our country. An approach that elevates the Sermon on the Mount over the 2nd Amendment.

The Inexcusable Freedom of Irresponsible Gun Owners

Craig M. Watts
January 11, 2014
General
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JAN 11, 2014 | BY: CRAIG M. WATTS -- The current level of “freedom” allowed for gun owners in many states gives far too much latitude...

Following Jesus: The Best Gun Control Ever!

Kurt Willems
February 2, 2013
General
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BY: KURT WILLEMS -- Can we really imagine Jesus with a loaded handgun under his pillow or a concealed weapons permit? I submit...
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The Fairy Tale of Gun Control

Linda Brendle
January 31, 2013
General
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BY: LINDA BRENDLE -- Even writers of ancient fairy tales knew you couldn’t destroy or hide all the weapons of evil in the world. We...

Cain’s Warning: Sandy Hook, Guns and Being Pro-Life

Morf Morford
January 29, 2013
General
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BY: MORF MORFORD -- My NRA friends assure me that 200 gun deaths a week since Sandy Hook is evidence that our gun policies ‘work’...

And God said, ‘Let there be Guns’

Morf Morford
January 19, 2013
General
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BY: MORF MORFORD -- One of the many ironies of our convulsive and conflicted conversation about guns is the near-religious fixation...

Death, Violence and America: Is God the Answer or the Problem?

Craig M. Watts
December 27, 2012
General
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Whenever there is a tragedy in America you can count on some politically saturated Christian leaders to rush in to make stupid statements. Certainly it has happened again with the heartbreaking murders in the S...

Sandy Hook and the Tearing Asunder of Evangelical Christianity

Joshua D. Ambrosius
December 21, 2012
Church Life, General, Theology
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BY: JOSHUA D. AMBROSIUS -- Is it just me, or is the tragic Sandy Hook school shooting doing more to point out the great rift within...
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