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I’ve experienced it a number of times – many of my Christian acquaintances can get so worked up with contempt and even hatred for their government. They often seem

A friend recently asked what it means that I use “emergent evangelical” as my religious affiliation on FaceBook. So here’s a look at what the phrase means to me. I.

WHY? Why should we focus any more on Jesus Christ than on Abraham or Moses or Isaiah? Or on the laws in the Bible, or prophecy, or the end of

[Quotes from Politico.com ] Senator McCain on Friday (Oct 10, 08) seemed to be pushing back against the fear and hate Sarah Palin is encouraging against Senator Obama. When a crowd member

The Barna Group exists to provide statistical information to Christian churches and ministries, to be a catalyst in moral and spiritual transformation in the United States. We accomplish these outcomes by

The moral issues Jesus actually paid a lot of attention to do not have a prominent place in many churches today, or in the work of many prominent religious agitators.

I. Waves of Slander I don’t have statistics, but we all know there’s a lot of falsehood circulating freely online. An email arrives with frightening accusations or innuendos and the reader

My wife heard on the radio the other day that resistance to Bush is clearly “Satanic.” “Christian” radio is promoting some strange ideas, but this is one in particular

Alternative title: “Had Enough?” From an email – Bill Clinton speaks about our nation’s direction today. In the eight years I was privileged to serve as President, we set a positive

This past week Tom DeLay, who is practically worshiped by many in the radical rightist (dominionist) churches, gave his farewell address to Congress. “Farewell” because he is under indictment

February 4 was the hundredth anniversary of the birth in Germany of a Lutheran pastor, theologian and teacher. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed in 1945 just before the end of

James L. Evans, pastor of Auburn First Baptist Church in Auburn, Alabama, recently wrote about the sins that cities (and nations) might be judged for in the light of Biblical

The Catholic Democrats for Nebraska site has this in it’s “Platform” document. We believe that abortion and euthanasia are never morally acceptable. When endorsing candidates for elective office, we fully embrace

A friend sent me this quote from the book Sin and Society by Edward Alsworth Ross, published in 1907 (with forward by Theodore Roosevelt!). (Ross was in Madison, Wisconson,

I think there are people operating on the national scene who could be called “good guys” by any reasonable standard. Robert Kennedy, Jr. is one of them. I received a

Are we traveling down the same road the Germans took in the early 1930’s? I can’t say – but some of the landmarks sure look familiar. People get upset

I don’t think the greatest enemy of monotheism is atheism, agnosticism, polytheism, dualism, or pantheism: It is bad monotheism, monotheism carried out in bad faith. Yes! “Bad faith” is NOT

A comment added to the “Many Christians Do Not Vote Republican” post below mentioned how some Bible-thumpers seem to welcome the idea of catastrophe, apocalypse, or Armageddon, and even feel

I. THE PROBLEM [See a summary of this post.] Matthew 5:38-42 You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, Do not resist

George W Bush, speaking words the “Christian Right” wants to hear, is not the first national leader to use Christian morality as a rallying cry. Nor is he the

Nov 6, 2004 In Germany in the 20’s and 30’s many “German Christians” sold their hearts to unquestioning support of the German state and it’s aggressive foreign policy. Some more

October 5, 2004 (Here’s part of an entry made here back in August.) … Why are so few sins emphasized by the ‘right’? And the Republicans have NOT helped us reduce the

This was recently quoted to me to show that no Christian could ever vote for Kerry-Edwards. It’s another example of the misunderstanding and misuse of Scripture on the ‘religious right’. “Don’t

“Local boy makes good!” Here’s the Bible text Jesus read on his visit to his home town of Nazareth after his popularity began soaring. The Spirit of the Lord