Christians

Immigration Reform: The time has come

Jim Wallis 6-11-2009

The time has come for comprehensive immigration reform. After several failed attempts in past years, the president has promised it and the White House is showing a clear commitment to it.

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Praise and Criticism for Obama's Cairo Speech

Aaron Taylor 6-10-2009
The world stood at attention as President Obama gave a historic speech to the Muslim world. In mainstream U.S.
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Women Preachers Strengthened by God

Mimi Haddad 6-09-2009

"Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord." (1 Corinthians 1:31, NRSV)

 

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Obama in Cairo: A New Beginning

Jim Wallis 6-09-2009
Every so often, I will begin the week with a post about something that I believe deserves further reflection and comment from the God's Politics community.
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To Hell with Human Trafficking. There, I Said It.

Eugene Cho 6-03-2009
Is it possible that we as Christians just aren't angry enough about injustices like human trafficking and slavery? Perhaps we've grown too desensitized, domesticated, and docile.
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Equitable Neighborhood Revitalization

Neeraj Mehta 5-26-2009
A standard definition of community development often goes something like this:

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Was Iraq a Holy War?

Aaron Taylor 5-22-2009
Despite the repeated attempts of former President George W.
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Let Us Pray for the World's Bad Actors

Valerie Elverton Dixon 5-19-2009
Let us pray for Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe and for the Burmese generals. Let us send them our love. This is the counterintuitive radicality of the Christian witness.
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Dogma and Disagreement

Marilyn McEntyre 5-19-2009
I recently found myself in conversation with a fellow believer who asked where I stood on the "non-negotiable" issues that seemed to him definitive for voting Christians.
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Postville Community Leaders Rally Around Immigration Reform

Allison Johnson 5-14-2009

Postville, Iowa, is a powerful place. Tuesday, hundreds of community members and people of faith from across the country gathered to pray and reflect on the traumatic events of May 12, 2008.

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Women Who Were Wild at Heart

Mimi Haddad 5-11-2009

I enjoy addressing the contributions of women in history at Christian colleges or universities.

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The First 100 Days

Jim Wallis 4-30-2009
Wednesday marked the 100th day of President Obama's administration and the final day of Sojourners' http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=events.m2ep&item=m2ep-home&source=r...
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Evangelicals Need to Love Gay People

Brian McLaren 4-23-2009
Jonathan Merritt may be the most courageous Southern Baptist in America this week for his USA Tod
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Why I Got Arrested on Good Friday

Shane Claiborne 4-21-2009

"Good" Friday was real good this year. We remembered Jesus, and we remembered Jesus disguised in the "least of these" -- those who continue to be tortured, spit on, slapped, insulted, misunderstood

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The Power to Dominate and the Power to Love

Cesar Baldelomar 4-16-2009
As Christians, our continual task is to explore and mediate on Jesus' teachings, as well as to emulate his deeds.
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Video: 'Beyond Belief' - An Interview with David Wilcox

Robin Fillmore 4-15-2009
The rhetorical question David Wilcox asks aloud before a crowd outside Baltimore, Maryland, is
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Obama's Public Promise to Reform Immigration this Year

Allison Johnson 4-09-2009
Hundreds of faith leaders and immigrant advocates across the country visiting their members of Congress at home this week just got a huge boost from the Obama administration.

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G-20 Recap: Global Economics Cannot Be a Values-Free Zone

Andy Clasper 4-08-2009
The group of 20 leading and emerging nations met at the Excel Centre in London's Docklands last week in a meeting which Gordon Brown heralded as the dawning of a new world order.
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Jesus and the Children of Empire

Cesar Baldelomar 4-03-2009
Jesus, who was a Palestinian Jew living under Roman occupation, preached a message that was anti-state and religious imperialism.
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'Women Should Remain Silent'?

Mimi Haddad 4-02-2009

Many of us were raised in churches that taught that women should be silent in the church because of the teachings of Paul in 1 Corinthians 14:34.

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