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#MeToo Must be #WeToo
Timothy Archer: #MeToo Must Be #WeToo Beyond society in general, I think the church needs to increase efforts to make church a safe haven and a refuge for those who have been abused. To do such, I think that we need to: Condemn any and all abuse of power in the church. Condemn any and all Continue reading
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Focusing On the Family Doesn’t Help the Church…Nor the Family
Focusing on the family doesn’t help the church… nor the family Far too often, our children grow up with a church focused around them. Children’s church so they don’t get bored. Youth ministry designed to keep them entertained. Campus ministry that isn’t designed for discipling, just a desperate effort to somehow keep our kids going Continue reading
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God and the Don
God and the Don CNN has a fascinating piece about the history of President Trump’s faith. It was clear that Trump was still preoccupied with his November victory, and pleased with his performance with one constituency in particular. “I did very, very well with evangelicals in the polls,” Trump interjected in the middle of the Continue reading
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America Needs to Stop the Fearmongering
America Needs to Stop the Fearmongering “Fear can be useful, important and necessary. It can carry warnings and remind us to use caution. Yet fear should never, ever be used to manipulate. If someone needs fear to sell you their ideas, if their whole message is built on making you fearful, if their only call Continue reading
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Trying to Make Hate Look Pretty
Trying to Make Hate Look Pretty Love and hate aren’t about emotions. They’re about our attitudes and our actions. Love and hate aren’t about how we feel toward someone, but about how we treat them – what we do or don’t do to them. To love someone means to treat them as we would want Continue reading
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When Did Christians Become Comfortable with the Loss of Truth?
When Did Christians Become Comfortable with the Loss of Truth? A deference for human leadership has gotten in the way of the Christian commitment to God. Perhaps this is done unwittingly; modern American Christian tradition has perpetuated a particular set of stances as the crux of its ethic: abortion and LGBTQ equality. Some Christians use Continue reading
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How the Church is Failing Its Single Members
How the Church is Failing Its Single Members Celibacy is a beautiful vow, and the Church almost never talks about it. Why wouldn’t we praise someone for literally devoting themselves to God, both in this life and the next? Remember that Jesus calls us to leave behind our nets in favor of a life following Continue reading
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Fr. James Martin: What Does the Bible Say? Refugees, Migrants and Foreigners?
One of the most interesting aspects of this video is when Fr. Martin speaks about examples where we see people in the Bible relying on the mercy of strangers, be it the parable of the good Samaritan or Joseph and Mary’s flight to Egypt. Continue reading
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Dear White Evangelicals
Dear White Evangelicals – I Need You To Do Better | Maurice Broaddus Before you get lost in reflex-like “terrorist organization” rhetoric, to say “Black Lives Matter” is a reminder. There is an unspoken “too” (as in “Black lives matter, too”) because it’s obvious that to many people they don’t. Black Lives Matter is not Continue reading
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The Day Between
It’s a little late to be posting this, but as I sit here awake in the middle of the night, I find myself wondering about the apostles on this same night some 1,970 years ago. How many of them were having problems sleeping? Jesus had been crucified the day before. He wouldn’t raise agin until Continue reading
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