The author of “1 John” makes a simple, blunt, very logical analysis of our emotional attachments – or professed attachments. (1 John 4:20) If you do not love your brother whom you...
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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...
Short Quotes – Martin Luther King’s "Letter from Birmingham Jail"*
[See also: Advice from King for the Trump Years] King’s letter is one of many treasures often ignored in American liberal democracy and in bringing Christian moral theology to public life...
The Moral Priorities of Jesus – What Did Jesus Teach?
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...
Declaration of Independence – Kid’s Version
Martin Luther King on War: “A Time Comes When Silence is Betrayal”
Jesus and Racism – Samaritan Lives Matter – Black Lives Matter
Was Jesus Violent? The Temple Money-Changers Incident
Turn the Other Cheek MEANS Resist Them Non-Violently
We Must Speak Up. “Lift your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their sins.”
Crucial Issues Today
John Paul II: Private Prayer and the Dangers of Public Life
Our Grave National Danger – Links & Quotes
Vice President Mike Pence is a Very Dangerous Kind of Christian – He Sells His Soul for Power
“Woe to those who make unjust laws.” – Isaiah
NO RELIGIOUS BULLIES. We Must “Lift Our VOICES” – While We Lay Down Our SWORDS.
Together in Flexible Resistance – Naomi Klein Has Hope
6 Truths for the Trump Years – Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
Together in Flexible Resistance – Chris Moore-Backman Understands
Theocracy (Religion Runs the Government) – We Would Deeply Regret It
You MUST Obey? No. You Are Not a Dog. Romans 13.
It’s Not Foreigners, Atheists and Gays Who Must Turn! 2 Chronicles 7:14
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!
Why Many Christians Do Not Vote Republican
How Can One Recover From Near or Actual Trump-Worship?
German Christians Sold Out to Power and Glory
Evangelicalism is Broken. Do They Know? Do They Care? (review of Labberton’s “Still Evangelical?”)
Pro-Life: What Do They Want, or Actually Do?
What If Christians Are Persecuted Here? Advice from the Bible.
Resistance / Non-Violence
There is some profound wisdom in these descriptions of Gandhi's convictions. How do they relate to our American understandings of freedom and of equality?
[A Review of Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, by Charles Marsh, 2014] This book is not written to coddle nor to discomfort whatever our self-image is as American Christians today; Marsh...
NE Gov Candidate – "Do Justice, Love Mercy"
Machiavelli, Ledeen, Bush, and Jesus
6 Lessons from New Testament Church Life: Diversity! & Jesus – Justice, Mercy, etc. – ACTS
Love Is Not a Special Way of Feeling – Forgiveness
Teens on Resisting the Temptation to Fight
A Game of 18 Questions:What Differences Do You See?
As We Think, So We Are
Jesus and Evil People – Strong Resistance while being Non-Violent
Some Top Concerns In SW Nebraska
Long-Distance Sin: Part II
Good Sense: An Interview with Mary Pipher
Truth (& Lying) and Politics
6 Truths for the Trump Years – Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
A Republican Political Collapse Will Not Make Things Right.
The Sabbath: From Money, From Injustice, From Cultural Craziness, TO God
“Peace on Earth” – but Not NOW, Of Course
Bible Study: Guidelines for Handling Attention
“Emergent Evangelical” – Can I Be Both?
Govt Going Bad
Theocracy (Religion Runs the Government) – We Would Deeply Regret It
The Integrity of the Right-Wing Media Elite – MIA
A Strong Dose of Perspective – from Psalms 49 & 50
Did Isaiah Know About Our Dishonest, Self-Serving “Mainstream” Media?
Are YOU On This List Yet? We are All In Increasing Danger.
We Actually Fought A War About This! – ISIS, NAZIS, Rebels, and Traitors …
Our Grave National Danger – Links & Quotes
Koran 9:11 Offers Some Hope to ‘The Eagle’
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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...
