Samaritans in Jesus’ day were both religiously and racially despised. The phrase “Samaritan lives matter” would have been very offensive to the Jewish culture in which Jesus was...
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The Quiet Places in Our Lives Make Our Public Activity Safer
Contemplation and Public Action The public good is most in danger when the voluntary visits to contemplation are neglected in favor of immediate communitarian action. We don’t have to go off...
“It Will Happen Here.” Solidarity is the Only Possible Response.
When so many groups are under attack a collective response is the only response. They're attacking all of us to make us feel atomized and fearful.
John Paul II: Private Prayer and the Dangers of Public Life
For decades he resisted Nazi, then Communist, oppression. How did he cope?
It’s Not Foreigners, Atheists and Gays Who Must Turn! 2 Chronicles 7:14
In this Scripture it’s NOT the foreigners and unbelievers who have to “turn”! WHO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? Bible passages were not written to us personally. We are looking over the shoulders of...
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...
Evangelicalism is Broken. Do They Know? Do They Care? (review of Labberton’s “Still Evangelical?”)
Turn the Other Cheek MEANS Resist Them Non-Violently
If You Do Not Love Your Neighbor Whom You CAN See – Can You Love God?
Nurse – Philosopher Makes Case for COMPASSION, CARING as a Primary Value
Together in Flexible Resistance – Naomi Klein Has Hope
Do Not Be Upset. Do Not Be Afraid. Even If Everything is Changing. (Teresa of Avila)
German Christians Sold Out to Power and Glory
We Must Speak Up. “Lift your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their sins.”
Short Quotes – Martin Luther King’s "Letter from Birmingham Jail"*
The Petty God is Bad But Worshiped Everywhere, in All Religions
Pro-Life: What Do They Want, or Actually Do?
The Love Off-Switch – Say “But Abortion” and You Don’t Have to Love Your Neighbors!
Together in Flexible Resistance – Chris Moore-Backman Understands
Crucial Issues Today
The Love Off-Switch – Say “But Abortion” and You Don’t Have to Love Your Neighbors!
NO RELIGIOUS BULLIES. We Must “Lift Our VOICES” – While We Lay Down Our SWORDS.
Our Grave National Danger – Links & Quotes
Theocracy (Religion Runs the Government) – We Would Deeply Regret It
The Moral Priorities of Jesus – What Did Jesus Teach?
How Can One Recover From Near or Actual Trump-Worship?
It’s Not Foreigners, Atheists and Gays Who Must Turn! 2 Chronicles 7:14
Together in Flexible Resistance – Naomi Klein Has Hope
Why Many Christians Do Not Vote Republican
Evangelicalism is Broken. Do They Know? Do They Care? (review of Labberton’s “Still Evangelical?”)
Vice President Mike Pence is a Very Dangerous Kind of Christian – He Sells His Soul for Power
German Christians Sold Out to Power and Glory
6 Truths for the Trump Years – Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
You MUST Obey? No. You Are Not a Dog. Romans 13.
Many Will Die. This Tax “Reform” is a Vicious Assault Against Us and People We Care About.
“Woe to those who make unjust laws.” – Isaiah
Together in Flexible Resistance – Chris Moore-Backman Understands
John Paul II: Private Prayer and the Dangers of Public Life
What If Christians Are Persecuted Here? Advice from the Bible.
Pro-Life: What Do They Want, or Actually Do?
Govt Going Bad
“Conservative Book Club”? Confucius Would Ask Them to Rename It In the Interest of Honesty.
German Christians Sold Out to Power and Glory
Wallis on Bonhoeffer: “a real Christ critical of the majority culture”
Declaration of Independence – Kid’s Version
Truth (& Lying) and Politics
Nebraska Methodist Article About Guantanamo: Men Love Darkness Because Their Deeds Are Evil
Habakkuk: Guilty Men Worshipping Their Own Strength