United States – Page 6 – Red Letter Christians

The politics of having faith and serving in government

May 8, 2012

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...

Whose Kingdom, Which Lord? Jesus and Nationalism, part 1

Kurt Willems

March 5, 2012

General

The next several posts are going to be in the form of a written sermon. I have never spoken this sermon but figured I would use the blog to get the text out there. It will be broken up into five posts over...

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. ...

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...

I Apologize for Inaccurate Statistics on US Gov't War Spending

Shane Claiborne

February 13, 2012

Global

I APOLOGIZE FOR INACCURATELY QUOTING HOW MUCH THE US GOVERNMENT SPENDS ON WAR. For several years, I have been using a statistic that is grossly understated. I often say that the US spends over 200, 000 dollar...

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 ...

Would Jesus Occupy Wall Street?

Dan Martin

October 31, 2011

General

The other day, a Facebook friend of mine posted a big caption on his profile: “JESUS Is With the 99%.” Predictably, he got a bunch of “likes” from his liberal buddies, and just as predictably, he got s...

Am I Part of the 99% or the 1%? (Scattered Thoughts on #OccupyWallStreet and Global Poverty)

Kurt Willems

October 29, 2011

General

For the past several weeks, many of us who believe that the economic values of the United States are broken, have watched Occupy Wall Street on the news with awe. There’s something about a nonviolent prote...

A Sentient Nationalism

Jamie Arpin-Ricci

July 3, 2011

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It often feels as though I live my life between worlds. I am a dual citizen of Canada and the United States. My mother is French Canadian, my father Italian Canadian. My wife is Australian and my son is ...