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Why Many Christians Do Not Vote Republican
The very reasons for BEING a Republican Christian are also the reasons for WORRYING about the Republican party as it is currently functioning. A conservative writer (Cal Thomas) mentioned Biblical...
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...
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...
Turn the Other Cheek MEANS Resist Them Non-Violently
Martin Luther King on War: “A Time Comes When Silence is Betrayal”
Have We Been Actually Voting for Contempt and Hate? Are You On One of The Lists?
Short Quotes – Martin Luther King’s "Letter from Birmingham Jail"*
Jesus and Racism – Samaritan Lives Matter – Black Lives Matter
If You Do Not Love Your Neighbor Whom You CAN See – Can You Love God?
Was Jesus Violent? The Temple Money-Changers Incident
Creative Fidelity, Personally & Nationally. We Cannot Go Back.
The Moral Priorities of Jesus – What Did Jesus Teach?
"THIS IS HOW they made the pleasant land desolate."
Pro-Life: What Do They Want, or Actually Do?
6 Truths for the Trump Years – Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
Martin Luther King on War, from a Sermon
Are Economic Matters a Moral Issue? Isaiah Thinks So.
Nurse – Philosopher Makes Case for COMPASSION, CARING as a Primary Value
Crucial Issues Today
Why Many Christians Do Not Vote Republican
Many Will Die. This Tax “Reform” is a Vicious Assault Against Us and People We Care About.
It’s Not Foreigners, Atheists and Gays Who Must Turn! 2 Chronicles 7:14
“Woe to those who make unjust laws.” – Isaiah
John Paul II: Private Prayer and the Dangers of Public Life
NO RELIGIOUS BULLIES. We Must “Lift Our VOICES” – While We Lay Down Our SWORDS.
Together in Flexible Resistance – Naomi Klein Has Hope
Evangelicalism is Broken. Do They Know? Do They Care? (review of Labberton’s “Still Evangelical?”)
What If Christians Are Persecuted Here? Advice from the Bible.
Theocracy (Religion Runs the Government) – We Would Deeply Regret It
The Love Off-Switch – Say “But Abortion” and You Don’t Have to Love Your Neighbors!
How Can One Recover From Near or Actual Trump-Worship?
Our Grave National Danger – Links & Quotes
Vice President Mike Pence is a Very Dangerous Kind of Christian – He Sells His Soul for Power
You MUST Obey? No. You Are Not a Dog. Romans 13.
6 Truths for the Trump Years – Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
Pro-Life: What Do They Want, or Actually Do?
German Christians Sold Out to Power and Glory
Together in Flexible Resistance – Chris Moore-Backman Understands
Resistance / Non-Violence
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...
Algeria We watched the documentary-style classic The Battle of Algiers for the first time the other night. After 130 years of being the colonial rulers in Algeria, in 1957 the French became targets...
Is It Good – Is It Safe – for Christians to Run For Public Office?
Moral Values in Teaching and Nursing
The Moral Priorities of Jesus – What Did Jesus Teach?
Christians Should Respect the US Constitution (1) – Our Mutual Agreement
Merry Christmas If You Can
President Harry Truman’s Integrity Prayer
Political Worship Songs? Mary and Zechariah’s Songs (in Luke 1) are Blatantly Political.
The Pope Opposed The American Tsunami.
Turn the Other Cheek MEANS Resist Them Non-Violently
“Bring Us Back To A Unity of Love”
Good Sense: An Interview with Mary Pipher
Jimmy Carter’s Son Asks, “What’s Going On?” [Updated]
Fear and Courage in the Ambulance
“Choose people” says Shane Claiborne. “We are a gentle, angry people … and we are fighting for our lives”
The Sabbath: From Money, From Injustice, From Cultural Craziness, TO God
Let America Be America Again – Langston Hughes
Shall We Ignore the Recent Past – Or Does America Need Some Form of ‘Truth Commission’?
NE Gov Candidate – "Do Justice, Love Mercy"
Govt Going Bad
Habakkuk: Guilty Men Worshipping Their Own Strength
Have We Been Actually Voting for Contempt and Hate? Are You On One of The Lists?
The Nazi Conscience and American Hate-talk: “A Journey of a Thousand Miles …”
The Integrity of the Right-Wing Media Elite – MIA
The Trump Danger to many Christians is Real
I’m Not Alone In Thinking That “Ann Coulter is … sickening”
Lying Leaders and Jesus
The Moderate, Sensible Hitler that Christians Approved Of
The Trickle-Down Effect of Deceit, Anger, Violence at the Top
A Strong Dose of Perspective – from Psalms 49 & 50
Jesus on “Some Who Were Confident of Their Own Righteousness.” Not pretty.
German Christians Sold Out to Power and Glory
“Conservative Book Club”? Confucius Would Ask Them to Rename It In the Interest of Honesty.
Looking for Integrity, Humility, Decency – Psalm 101
The Real Screams of Adult Human Beings
Family Values, Christian Morality – Defended by Hitler
Marine Speaks of Our Ignorant “Casualness and Swagger”
Who Gives Stones Instead of Bread?
Nicotine Levels In Cigarettes Were Deliberately Increased