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Our Sometimes Silly Beliefs Don’t Matter Much to God. 3 Attitudes of God to Our Beliefs.
Your beliefs don't matter. WHY WOULD your beliefs matter to God? We hear all the time, or feel, that they surely do matter - but why? How?
Christofascism – It’s Real, It’s Deadly, And It Intends to Dominate Us All
The book, "Confronting Christofascism," makes this starkly clear: “We are dealing with something far beyond the contents of the Christian Gospels.” (p4)
Tyranny – We’re in Danger but Have Options – 20 Short Lessons.
Very short book, and very valuable! “The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not...
Young Climate Prophets, Wise and Blunt Against Earth Abuse
Climate prophets use the burning Notre Dame cathedral as a gut-grabbing illustration of what’s happening - to our climate, Our Cathedral Home, this beautiful, ancient, and precious Earth.
About PublicChristian
I’m very concerned about how the Gospel and Scripture are (mis-)represented in popular culture, religious media, and the churches. It’s also a great concern how truth in general is mis...
Christians Love Lies About Gandhi. But He Loved Jesus More Than Most Of Them.
Why so many lies about Gandhi? What if deep, genuine love and respect for Jesus - like Gandhi practiced - is actually more holy, more saving, than what most American Christians think and do when they...
Gandhi Said Freedom Is Connected to Equality, and is Crucial to Humane Life
If I think of another person as having true and legitimate freedom, being equal with me in having freedom, then, Gandhi believed, I may not like how they choose to use their freedom, but we stand...
Right-Wing Violence: Pope Francis’ Early Experience
Pope Francis knows by experience - when the true thugs hold the levers of power it matters little what their alleged politics are. But in his case in Argentina it was the “conservatives” or “right...
Follow Micah; Be Christian Activists When Possible. Call Out Evil Doers, Who Hurt Us Because They Can.
Some argue against us being Christian activists or whistle-blowers, saying believers should avoid questions that have been politicized, not try to deal in technical, detailed, or political matters...
“It Will Happen Here.” Solidarity is the Only Possible Response, or Good People Will Suffer and Die.
When so many groups are under attack, solidarity - a decentralized collective response - is the only response. They're attacking all of us to make us feel atomized and fearful.
Not Pro-LIFE: They Betray Life by What They Ignore and What They Insist On
They're not pro-LIFE - you can tell what they want by what they do, much more than by what they so emotionally say.
Evangelicalism is Broken. Do They Know? Do They Care? (review of Labberton’s “Still Evangelical?”)
Many “Evangelicals” see no crisis, judging from 5 of the 12 articles in Mark Labbertons’s recent valuable book Still Evangelical? (pub’d Jan 2018). If you only read three or four of...
The Trump Problem: Naomi Klein Finds Hope – In “Killing the Trump Within”
A Strong Call to Insistent Courage and Hope Naomi Klein calls us to action and hope in No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need. For example, here’s a...
Speak Up! “Lift your voice; declare to my people their sins.” – Isaiah 58
God requires the prophet Isaiah to speak up about what he sees - what is clearly going on in the economy of his nation.
Jesus and Racism – Samaritan Lives Matter – Black Lives Matter
The phrase "Samaritan lives matter" would have been very offensive to the racism in Jesus' cultural surroundings, in which he was a teacher and doer of good.
Are Matters of Economics Moral Issues – Spiritual Issues? Isaiah Pushes It!
Why do you suppose Isaiah bothers himself so much with economics? Very unspiritual for a Prophet, eh?
Jesus Emphasized Issues that Churches Avoid
John Howard Yoder vigorously believes that the teaching of Jesus was very practical and very this-worldly.
Veterans ask: Support the Troops? “Ma’am, We ARE the Troops.” Put your money where your mouth is.
Veterans replied "Ma'am, we are the troops" to a woman during the Vietnam War who urged protesting Vietnam Vets to "support the troops."
Was Jesus Violent When He Harassed the Temple Money-Changers?
When considering "was Jesus violent?" one incident often comes up - the time when he overthrew money-changers' tables in the temple compound in Jerusalem.
Letter from Birmingham Jail: 14 Often Disturbing Quotes from Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" is one of many treasures often ignored in American liberal democracy and in bringing Christian moral theology to public life.
Hitler Pretended to Respect “My Lord and Savior” Jesus
It is not pleasant to study the face of evil, but it seems good that some of us be aware of its common habits, intentions, and techniques, and spread our findings around a bit. I've been browsing...