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...
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Was Jesus Violent? The Temple Money-Changers Incident
One incident often comes up in discussions of Jesus and the generally non-violent flavor of his teaching – the time (or two) when he overthrew money-changer’s tables in the temple...
"THIS IS HOW they made the pleasant land desolate."
The Bible fairly often makes a direct connection between a] the desolation of a land (and its people – and, obviously, its economic life) and b] moral corruption in the people’s prior...
Martin Luther King on War: “A Time Comes When Silence is Betrayal”
"For the sake of those boys, for the sake of this government, for the sake of hundreds of thousands trembling under our violence, I cannot be silent."
The Moral Priorities of Jesus – What Did Jesus Teach?
Abraham Lincoln on Integrity
Declaration of Independence – Kid’s Version
Have We Been Actually Voting for Contempt and Hate? Are You On One of The Lists?
Pro-Life: What Do They Want, or Actually Do?
Nurse – Philosopher Makes Case for COMPASSION, CARING as a Primary Value
Creative Fidelity, Personally & Nationally. We Cannot Go Back.
Turn the Other Cheek MEANS Resist Them Non-Violently
Jesus and Racism – Samaritan Lives Matter – Black Lives Matter
Martin Luther King on War, from a Sermon
Short Quotes – Martin Luther King’s "Letter from Birmingham Jail"*
If You Do Not Love Your Neighbor Whom You CAN See – Can You Love God?
Why Many Christians Do Not Vote Republican
Are Economic Matters a Moral Issue? Isaiah Thinks So.
6 Truths for the Trump Years – Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
Crucial Issues Today
German Christians Sold Out to Power and Glory
Theocracy (Religion Runs the Government) – We Would Deeply Regret It
Evangelicalism is Broken. Do They Know? Do They Care? (review of Labberton’s “Still Evangelical?”)
How Can One Recover From Near or Actual Trump-Worship?
Many Will Die. This Tax “Reform” is a Vicious Assault Against Us and People We Care About.
Vice President Mike Pence is a Very Dangerous Kind of Christian – He Sells His Soul for Power
Together in Flexible Resistance – Naomi Klein Has Hope
John Paul II: Private Prayer and the Dangers of Public Life
What If Christians Are Persecuted Here? Advice from the Bible.
You MUST Obey? No. You Are Not a Dog. Romans 13.
Pro-Life: What Do They Want, or Actually Do?
NO RELIGIOUS BULLIES. We Must “Lift Our VOICES” – While We Lay Down Our SWORDS.
6 Truths for the Trump Years – Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
The Love Off-Switch – Say “But Abortion” and You Don’t Have to Love Your Neighbors!
It’s Not Foreigners, Atheists and Gays Who Must Turn! 2 Chronicles 7:14
Why Many Christians Do Not Vote Republican
Together in Flexible Resistance – Chris Moore-Backman Understands
“Woe to those who make unjust laws.” – Isaiah
Our Grave National Danger – Links & Quotes
Resistance / Non-Violence
And while we are talking about the GIGO effects of listening to hate-talk (prior post), here’s Howard Thurman (Jesus and the Disinherited, p 88) Hatred is death to the spirit and disintegration...
When the true thugs hold the levers of power it matters little what their alleged politics are. But in this case in Argentina it was the “conservatives” or “right wing” doing the violence - as seems...
Jimmy Carter’s Son Asks, “What’s Going On?” [Updated]
6 Truths for the Trump Years – Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
Lutheran Speaker Calls For “Friends of Jesus” to Speak Up on Social Issues
How To Behave At Funerals, Part II: A Place for Truth-Telling
Was Jesus Violent? The Temple Money-Changers Incident
Love Is Not a Special Way of Feeling – Forgiveness
Political Worship Songs? Mary and Zechariah’s Songs (in Luke 1) are Blatantly Political.
Pope John Paul II Against Bush’s Iraq War
“It Will Happen Here.” Solidarity is the Only Possible Response.
Inside Out – God’s Love Can Come Out of Our Lives
Catholics Should Vote For Some Pro-Choice Candidates – So Says Benedict XVI
Maybe You Should Be In (a) Mainstream Church!
Isaiah 58: Moral Patterns Have Consequences, Blessings Are Available
US Churches, US Senators, and a Church Hero Under the Nazis
Shall We Ignore the Recent Past – Or Does America Need Some Form of ‘Truth Commission’?
“Emergent Evangelical” – Can I Be Both?
“Thy Kingdom Come” – What’s That Like?
Pledge of Allegiance
Govt Going Bad
Evil in the Heart is the Only Reason for Torture
Officer Believes US War-Making Makes Us Like Nazis
Habakkuk for Today? The Arrogance of Power.
The Moderate, Sensible Hitler that Christians Approved Of
You MUST Obey? No. You Are Not a Dog. Romans 13.
The Unpleasantness of Paying Attention
Theocracy (Religion Runs the Government) – We Would Deeply Regret It
Wallis on Bonhoeffer: “a real Christ critical of the majority culture”
Good Faith versus Bad Faith
“Declaration of Independence” – from What?
Do We Not Want to Know -Where Do They Send the Money??
The Imperial President – the Hunger to Have One Unrestrained Sinner Calling All the Shots
Our Grave National Danger – Links & Quotes
Habakkuk: Guilty Men Worshipping Their Own Strength
“Dark Purpose Beneath the Cloak of Christian Piety” – Bonhoeffer
We Actually Fought A War About This! – ISIS, NAZIS, Rebels, and Traitors …
I’m Not Alone In Thinking That “Ann Coulter is … sickening”
“Conservative Book Club”? Confucius Would Ask Them to Rename It In the Interest of Honesty.
Declaration of Independence – Kid’s Version