He said, “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord’ but do not do what I say?” Maybe he meant it. This short book (40 pages) is available as a free pdf, or as a paperback at LULU.com...
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Declaration of Independence – Kid’s Version
This is a pretty good “translation” of the Declaration, though she does have a couple of points of her own to emphasize that are not quite there in the original. I do recommend this for...
We Must Speak Up. “Lift your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their sins.”
God requires it of the prophet. He MUST speak out about what he sees going on. Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet. Declare to my people their rebellion and to the...
Nurse – Philosopher Makes Case for COMPASSION, CARING as a Primary Value
I’ve been over at that nursing blog again (see “Fear and Courage in the Ambulance”). Here are some quotes about a Norwegian philosopher-nurse justifying compassion as a basic value...
If You Do Not Love Your Neighbor Whom You CAN See – Can You Love God?
Martin Luther King on War: “A Time Comes When Silence is Betrayal”
Short Quotes – Martin Luther King’s "Letter from Birmingham Jail"*
Turn the Other Cheek MEANS Resist Them Non-Violently
Jesus and Racism – Samaritan Lives Matter – Black Lives Matter
Was Jesus Violent? The Temple Money-Changers Incident
Crucial Issues Today
Pro-Life: What Do They Want, or Actually Do?
6 Truths for the Trump Years – Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
Why Many Christians Do Not Vote Republican
Together in Flexible Resistance – Chris Moore-Backman Understands
John Paul II: Private Prayer and the Dangers of Public Life
It’s Not Foreigners, Atheists and Gays Who Must Turn! 2 Chronicles 7:14
You MUST Obey? No. You Are Not a Dog. Romans 13.
Together in Flexible Resistance – Naomi Klein Has Hope
“Woe to those who make unjust laws.” – Isaiah
German Christians Sold Out to Power and Glory
NO RELIGIOUS BULLIES. We Must “Lift Our VOICES” – While We Lay Down Our SWORDS.
How Can One Recover From Near or Actual Trump-Worship?
Vice President Mike Pence is a Very Dangerous Kind of Christian – He Sells His Soul for Power
Theocracy (Religion Runs the Government) – We Would Deeply Regret It
Our Grave National Danger – Links & Quotes
Evangelicalism is Broken. Do They Know? Do They Care? (review of Labberton’s “Still Evangelical?”)
Many Will Die. This Tax “Reform” is a Vicious Assault Against Us and People We Care About.
The Love Off-Switch – Say “But Abortion” and You Don’t Have to Love Your Neighbors!
What If Christians Are Persecuted Here? Advice from the Bible.
Resistance / Non-Violence
WHAT IS ‘CREATIVE FIDELITY’? In a text I use for my “Life and Teachings of Jesus” class at the college, the author discusses the ‘how-to’ of inter-personal...
“Love of enemies has, for our time, become the litmus test of authentic Christian faith …. Love of enemies is the recognition that the enemy, too, is a child of God.” The author of...
Together in Flexible Resistance – Chris Moore-Backman Understands
Together in Flexible Resistance – Naomi Klein Has Hope
How Do You Respond to Rightist Friends and Relatives?
As We Think, So We Are
John Paul II: Private Prayer and the Dangers of Public Life
Science and Religion – from John Paul II
Kingdom Manifesto – Sermon on the Mount Summarized
Our Country’s Many Anti-Democratic Institutions
The Lamb and the Dove – Powerful Symbols
The Sabbath: From Money, From Injustice, From Cultural Craziness, TO God
Some Quiz Questions: Can You Diagnose a Truly Christian Worldview?
“Declaration of Independence” – from What?
Faith and Responsibility
President Harry Truman’s Integrity Prayer
Easter, & The Cross, The Deliberate Holy Strategy of God
Political Worship Songs? Mary and Zechariah’s Songs (in Luke 1) are Blatantly Political.
Christians Should Respect the US Constitution (2) – Short Reasons from Ethics, History, Bible
Bible Study: Guidelines for Handling Attention
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Pro-Life: What Do They Want, or Actually Do?
You can tell what they want by what they do. I’m not working off of multi-million dollar surveys here – but off years of observation. Here’s a list of what they might be doing if their...
6 Truths for the Trump Years – Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
A black man in prison in a racist southern city in 1963 was a man whose life was in danger. Sadly, a black man anywhere in the US today is a man whose life is in danger. But while in that dangerous...
Two Types of Religion – Authority vs Love
Seems to me there are obviously two primary modes for religious practice in this world. We all, if we are religious at all, mix these together to some extent. But they are clearly very distinct...
Have We Been Actually Voting for Contempt and Hate? Are You On One of The Lists?
Sadly, our votes and elections are, whatever our motives, putting lots of people in positions of power who – in our names – are a) not interested in understanding the plight of people on...
