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"The land is mine" (the importance of Leviticus 25:23)

April 16, 2012

As the debate rages within Christianity over what the Bible teaches about economic "fairness, " a key chapter to peruse is Leviticus 25, which introduces the concept of the year of the jubilee that Jesus procl...

God's Word to Evangelicals…Through Brian McLaren

RLC Editor

April 11, 2012

General

A stone's throw from Starbucks - Joe, homeless and a dead ringer for blues singer Robert Johnson, tells Wheaton College freshman Wendy Gullivan that He is God and has a message for the Evangelicals...a mes...

True Meaning of Easter Lies in its Beauty, Not its Violence

Kay Campbell

April 10, 2012

Church Life, Theology

Surely the truest way to find the God of Easter is not through contorted extractions of retribution and atonement.

Understanding the Criticism of KONY 2012

Derek Flood

March 22, 2012

General

The viral video Kony 2012 has over 80 million hits on YouTube, and has become an internet phenomenon. The video is an artfully crafted and emotionally moving plea to stop Joseph Kony of the LRA, who is respon...

Whose Kingdom, Which Lord? Jesus & Nationalism, part 5 (Concluding Exhortations… Native Americans as Victims of Nationalism)

Kurt Willems

March 9, 2012

General

This is part five of a five part series on Jesus and Nationalism. It reads as one fluid written sermon so you may want to read the rest of the series. I have never spoken this sermon but figured I would use...

The Reverse Mission: What White People Can Do About Racism

Chris Lahr

February 9, 2012

General

Several years ago I was visiting the town I grew up in and was talking with a local youth worker about my life in Philly. Somewhere in the conversation she had the idea that it would be a great opportunity to ...

What Would MLK Do? Christians and Climate Change

Jarrod McKenna

January 16, 2012

Global, Practical Justice

Early in the civil rights movement, Bayard Rustin said to King, "I have a feeling that the Lord had laid his hand upon you. And that is a dangerous, dangerous thing." Similarly, the FBI once described Marti...

This Train: Songs of the Civil Rights Movement

Morf Morford

January 15, 2012

General

“I’m not black, but there’s a whole lot of times I wish I could say I’m not white.” -Frank Zappa The history and progress of civil rights in America has never been easy, and many times it has been downright ...

Can Christians Learn from the War in Iraq?

Craig M. Watts

January 9, 2012

General

A number of commentators have been asking what lessons we might learn from the war in Iraq. With American troops having been so recently withdrawn from that nation, this is certainly an appropriate question. I...

Chinese Christmas: Always Winter and Never Christmas

Morf Morford

December 22, 2011

General

In mainland China, at least in 1999, they didn’t celebrate – or even acknowledge – Christmas. The lingering brutal winters fit that line from “The lion, the witch and the wardrobe” where Narnia is describe...