violence – Page 17 – Red Letter Christians

The Cross Destroys Evil (Not Killing Osama)

May 3, 2011

My favorite t-shirt (a gift from my mates at “On Earth Peace” ) simply reads “When Jesus said, “Love your enemies, ” I think he probably meant, don’t kill them.” I put it on this morning and stepped out of m...

Violence in the Name of Faith

Brian McLaren

April 30, 2011

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I received a question from a reader recently that asked: You write a lot about the plight of the Palestinians. Do you have anything to say about the murder of the Fogel family in Israel this past month, an...

Redemptive Poetry on a Night of Violence

Bart Campolo

March 18, 2011

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It is Sunday night, and I am suddenly awake at the crack of too-close gunfire. I creep to the window without turning on the light, more curious than afraid until I remember I don’t know if my daughter Miran...

What Does Violence in the Bible Tell Us About God?

Brian McLaren

January 4, 2011

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I recently received a note from a pastor and missionary we’ll call Pete. It went like this: “I have read most of what you have written, including A New Kind of Christianity … I would say I am in agreement with...