Jesus – Page 5 – Red Letter Christians

Poverty: Jesus, Jubilee, and Reparations

September 25, 2020

God clearly was not concerned with capitalist sensibilities. God’s sense of justice was not constrained by the laws of the free market or Friedman’s shareholder theory. What is fair and right and just in God’s eyes is for no one to live in poverty

Hurts That Hurt: A Litany for Surviving Trauma and Finding Help for Healing

Elaina Ramsey

August 19, 2020

Books, Church Life, General

For those of us who have survived war, abandonment, cancer, abuse, the loss of a loved one, or generational trauma, this litany is for us.

Imagining a Christian Resistance

Bjorn Philip Beer

August 4, 2020

General, Politics, Practical Justice

I became, in a way, an amateur scholar of fascist movements as I studied my family members involvement. What side would I be on? I always asked myself.

Political Propaganda is Destroying Christianity

Stephen Mattson

July 29, 2020

Global, Politics, Theology

Instead of loving our neighbors, “Christian” propaganda will tell us to deport them, ban them, incarcerate them, discriminate against them, outlaw them, and even bomb them. It will attempt to silence the oppressed and amplify the oppressor.

Jesus Spoke Truth From the Dirt, Not a Stage

Christian Canady

June 17, 2020

Church Life, General, Theology

I was taught a lot about how Jesus’ death was about me and almost nothing about how his death was an act of suppression and hate by those in power

Disembodiment, Embodiment, and Re-Embodiment

Lydia Vander Stelt

June 6, 2020

Church Life, Race, Theology

Our call as white Christians to love mercy, do justice, and walk humbly is seen in the practices of disembodiment, embodiment, and re-embodiment.

De-Creating Whiteness

Nathan Hunt

June 4, 2020

General, Race, Theology

If there is to ever be an end to all this pain, all this alienation and violence, it cannot come through the racial categories we have inherited.

Clearing the Temple Courts: What Jesus Did About Systemic Injustice

Corey Farr

June 3, 2020

Peace & Nonviolence, Race, Theology

Clearing the temple was disruptive and highly controversial.

Why I Am (Not) a Christian

Corey Farr

May 1, 2020

Church Life, Interfaith, Theology

I know I love Jesus, I know Jesus changed my life, I know I want to follow him, but I also know there are lots of things people consider “essential” that I find myself unsure about.