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...
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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...
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...
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...
Jesus and Racism – Samaritan Lives Matter – Black Lives Matter
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
Martin Luther King on War: “A Time Comes When Silence is Betrayal”
The Moral Priorities of Jesus – What Did Jesus Teach?
Turn the Other Cheek MEANS Resist Them Non-Violently
Crucial Issues Today
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
Evangelicalism is Broken. Do They Know? Do They Care? (review of Labberton’s “Still Evangelical?”)
Together in Flexible Resistance – Chris Moore-Backman Understands
What If Christians Are Persecuted Here? Advice from the Bible.
6 Truths for the Trump Years – Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
NO RELIGIOUS BULLIES. We Must “Lift Our VOICES” – While We Lay Down Our SWORDS.
Our Grave National Danger – Links & Quotes
Together in Flexible Resistance – Naomi Klein Has Hope
Why Many Christians Do Not Vote Republican
Pro-Life: What Do They Want, or Actually Do?
Vice President Mike Pence is a Very Dangerous Kind of Christian – He Sells His Soul for Power
How Can One Recover From Near or Actual Trump-Worship?
Theocracy (Religion Runs the Government) – We Would Deeply Regret It
It’s Not Foreigners, Atheists and Gays Who Must Turn! 2 Chronicles 7:14
German Christians Sold Out to Power and Glory
John Paul II: Private Prayer and the Dangers of Public Life
The Love Off-Switch – Say “But Abortion” and You Don’t Have to Love Your Neighbors!
You MUST Obey? No. You Are Not a Dog. Romans 13.
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?
These remarks appeared in a comment on this site recently. I can agree with so much of what you say. But I wonder why you would put yourself in the position to be either slaughtered, or possibly...
The Quiet Places in Our Lives Make Our Public Activity Safer
Bernie Sanders Responds to the Election – Cooperate and Resist!
If You Do Not Love Your Neighbor Whom You CAN See – Can You Love God?
Christians Should Respect the US Constitution (1) – Our Mutual Agreement
Iraqi Family Man Meets Freedom American Style
Our Country’s Many Anti-Democratic Institutions
A Game of 18 Questions:What Differences Do You See?
God and Politics
It Seems “The Unpardonable Sin” Is Stalking the Christian Right
Long-Distance Sin: Less Visible But More Deadly: Part I
Why Bother to Tell the Truth?
6 Lessons from New Testament Church Life: Diversity! & Jesus – Justice, Mercy, etc. – ACTS
Martin Luther King on War: “A Time Comes When Silence is Betrayal”
“Choose people” says Shane Claiborne. “We are a gentle, angry people … and we are fighting for our lives”
Pledge of Allegiance
The ‘Sermon on the Mount’ – Righteousness without Rage, Goodness without Arrogance
The Pope Opposed The American Tsunami.
“Because It’s Right” to Ban Torture
Govt Going Bad
Truth (& Lying) and Politics
Looking for Integrity, Humility, Decency – Psalm 101
Bush Admin: “Throw Them Against The Wall.” Hate & Arrogance.
Hitler’s Respect for “My Lord and Savior” Jesus
Methodist Paper on Guantanamo, Part II: “Because” They Want To
Have We Been Actually Voting for Contempt and Hate? Are You On One of The Lists?
Freedom to Not Always Fear Our Rulers
I Am Angry, and It’s Very Appropriate
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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...
