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Christian Leaders from Around the Country Read Frederick Douglass’ 1852 speech

July 5, 2021

One-hundred and sixty-nine years ago today, abolitionist, writer, and statesman Frederick Douglass gave a speech to the 600 members of the Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Society entitled "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" This past weekend, Christian leaders from around the country gathered virtually with Red Letter Christians to read this powerful piece together.

The War on Traditional Notions of Narrative, Order and Beauty Has Failed

Frank Schaeffer

May 3, 2014

Church Life, General

MAY 3, 2014 | BY: FRANK SCHAEFFER -- The war on traditional notions of narrative, order and beauty has failed. Representational...

Coolidge and Obama: A Brief Analysis of the Decline of Moral Philosophy in American Political Discourse

Tom Plum

March 10, 2014

Church Life, General

MAR 10, 2014 | BY: TOM PLUM -- Language is a powerful medium of self-disclosure and the locus of revelation. As Christians...

Stop celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.

Matt Rindge

February 5, 2013

General, Politics, Race

BY: MATT RINDGE -- Last month America engaged in its annual ritual of misremembering Martin Luther King, Jr. Although Rev. Dr....

Christians Do Not Have Freedom of Speech

Jason Hess

July 7, 2012

Global

One of the things that makes America so great is the ability to express yourself, much to the joy, and even pain, of those around you. The freedom of speech is a two-edged sword and more often than not the o...

What Would Jesus' Commencement Speech Say?

Sheldon C. Good

June 14, 2011

General

When young people graduate, they're often told to follow their dreams. Change the world. After all, the sky's the limit. But what if you don't know what you want to be when you grow up or lack the required s...