The Common Good

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Ethnic Cleansing in Orissa: India's Persecuted Christians

by Joseph D'souza 11-20-2008
In India, the world's largest democracy, millions applauded the recent U.S.
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Black Friday and Consumerism, White Privilege and Buy Nothing Day

by Eugene Cho 11-20-2008
All of you who have a pulse know that the Friday after Thanksgiving is the single most crazy shopping day in the United States.
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Listening and Learning in the Middle East

by Lynne Hybels 11-20-2008
In October I spent a week in Amman, Jordan, listening to Arab Christians from Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon, and Egypt.
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Audio: Biblical Redistribution of Wealth -- What You Think You Own is Not Yours

by Efrem Smith 11-20-2008

In this clip, taken from a Nov. 2 sermon, Pastor Efrem talks about the implications of the commandment not to covet, and a biblical approach to wealth and ownership.

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Addicted to the Streets

by Bart Campolo 11-19-2008
Twelve years ago our dear friend Julia took a badly neglected baby boy away from his crackhead mother and made him her own.
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Paul's Teaching on Women in Context

by Mimi Haddad 11-19-2008
Do you often find comfort and insight, even direction for your life, through a careful study of scripture? Do you believe that God's truth is found in the pages of the Bible?
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Sacred Pilgrimages to the School of the Americas and El Salvador

by Jennifer Svetlik 11-19-2008
Last spring, I made a pilgrimage to rural El Salvador to learn about the violence that had occurred there during the U.S-supported Salvadoran Civil War. The journey became a sacred one for me my first evening there, in the home of my host Florinda.
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Is the Dream Fulfilled? Achievements, Challenges, and Our Identity in Obama's America

by Romal Tune 11-19-2008
Where have all the prosperity preachers gone? It seems like only yesterday when we were hearing about prosperity preachers and messages about God pouring out financial blessing.
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How the Big Three Automakers Could Test Better Health Care

by Randy Woodley 11-19-2008
I am a follower of Jesus. As such, I understand God to have a special concern for the poor and marginalized of society.
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