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Healing Toxic Faith: Did Jesus die to save us from God?

September 10, 2012

Why did Jesus have to die? Was it to appease a wrathful God's demand for punishment? Does that mean Jesus died to save us from God? How could someone ever truly love or trust a God like that? How can that ever ...

Why This Christian Will Never Own a Gun

Bruce Reyes-Chow

August 30, 2012

General

As a Christian and a Teaching Elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA) I often struggle with Scripture and how God intends for me to live in the world. Jesus and our faith demands of us to make difficult decision...

Of Hell, Heaven, Sikhs and Christian education for little kids

Kay Campbell

August 16, 2012

General

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What's the goal of faith-based work: Getting people to believe something or offering help and healing regardless of beliefs? The recent experience of Elly Scott, a brilliant young writer in Knoxville whom I'v...

Why I Went To A Sikh Temple Last Week

Jon Huckins

August 13, 2012

General

I wasn’t sure what to expect as we pulled into the parking lot of a local Sikh Temple last Wednesday night, but I assumed it would be culturally enlightening and offer a glimpse into a worldview and religiou...

Another Week. More Innocent People Die. Wash. Rinse. Repeat

Kirk Lyman-Barner

August 6, 2012

General

Last weekend I wrote in Red Letter Christians remembering the victims of the Aurora, Colorado and contrasting the paralyzing debate between gun control and weapon rights advocates with the nonviolent teachings...

Clarence Jordan Never Said, “Nothing can be done.”

Kirk Lyman-Barner

July 29, 2012

Theology

Clarence Jordan and Millard Fuller -- Photo Courtesy of Fuller Center for Housing This Sunday marks what would have been the 100th birthday of farmer and New Testament scholar Clarence Jordan (July 29, 1912...

The Myth of Redemptive Violence

Shane Claiborne

July 23, 2012

General

I had a veteran friend once tell me, “The biggest lie I have ever been told is that violence is evil, except in war.” He went on, “My government told me that. My Church told me that. My family told me t...

Senseless Violence in the Theater and on the Screen

RLC Editor

July 20, 2012

General

During what one moviegoer hypothesized as "part of the movie, " 12 people were shot and killed with 38 more wounded during a midnight showing of "The Dark Night Rises" outside of Denver late last night. The Pre...

The Gospel of Rutba: Saved on the Streets of Iraq

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

June 10, 2012

Global

Hardly anyone ever visits our community, Rutba House, without asking, “So what does Rutba mean?” Once someone confessed they thought it must be an obscure Old Testament character they’d forgotten. But I al...

Reborn on the Fourth of July

RLC Editor

May 24, 2012

General

Logan Mehl-Laituri grew up in a community that celebrated military service. His faith reinforced his love of country and his sense that that love was best expressed by fighting its battles. Then he went to w...

Healing Toxic Faith: Did Jesus die to save us from God?

Why This Christian Will Never Own a Gun

Of Hell, Heaven, Sikhs and Christian education for little kids

Why I Went To A Sikh Temple Last Week

Another Week. More Innocent People Die. Wash. Rinse. Repeat

Clarence Jordan Never Said, “Nothing can be done.”

The Myth of Redemptive Violence

Senseless Violence in the Theater and on the Screen

The Gospel of Rutba: Saved on the Streets of Iraq

Reborn on the Fourth of July

Pastor of . . . Doubt?

Why Do You Say You Love Jesus?

In Opposition of the Line 3 Pipeline

The Wrong Debate: On Alabama’s New Gas Chamber

Women of Faith Can Help Advance Climate Justice

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