“The establishment of the modern state of Israel is the fulfillment of biblical prophecy,” according to Jimmy Carter, President of the United States.
Columns
The Editors 3-01-1977
As Sojourners has extensively reported, torture and other denials of basic human rights are spreading like a global epidemic.
Katherine Temple 3-01-1977
Along with millions of others, on January 20 I watched Mr. Carter’s inauguration on television and was mesmerized. Since I am not a big fan of American politics, I wasn’t sure why.
Conrad Hoover 9-01-1976
Weston Priory is nestled in the midst of the sturdy Green Mountains of Vermont.
Wesley Granberg-Michaelson 9-01-1976
There is, quite plainly, a capitalist captivity of the American church.
Jim Wallis 9-01-1976
Liberation is God’s intention. Liberation from all the spiritual, structural, and ideological shackles which bind and oppress -- is the promise of God’s salvation in history.
Wesley Granberg-Michaelson 7-01-1976
“Remember those in prison as if you were there with them; and those who are being maltreated, for you like them are still in the world” (Hebrews 13:3).
Bob Sabath 7-01-1976
A brightly colored bus turned the corner into a narrow one-way street in a congested residential area of Washington D.C.
Graham Pulkingham 7-01-1976
It has been estimated that if things continue in the direction they are now going, by the year 2000 Christians of the Eastern Orthodox churches together with churches in the rest of the Western world will make up only about 40 percent of the world Christian population.
Jim Wallis 5-01-1976
At the outset of his ministry, just following his temptation in the wilderness, Jesus here proclaims the coming of the kingdom and calls men and women to a complete change of heart and mind.
Elizabeth O'Connor 4-01-1976
Ever since the Church of the Saviour community came into existence more than 25 years ago, it has been changing and evolving.
William Stringfellow 4-01-1976
It is only since putting aside childish things that it has come to mind so forcefully -- and so gladly -- that the circus is among the few coherent images of the eschatological realm to which people still have access and that the circus thereby affords elementary insight into the idea of society as a consummate event.
John Perkins 4-01-1976
We are living in a unique and hopeful time in history, when the dynamic of the church as the continuation of Christ’s body on earth is being rediscovered.
Jim Wallis, Wesley Granberg-Michaelson 4-01-1976
Paul told the Christians at Rome, beset with divisive quarrels, “Let us therefore cease judging one another, but rather make this simple judgment: that no obstacle or stumbling-block be placed in a brother’s way.
Graham Pulkingham 4-01-1976
In last month’s column I expressed a conviction that fundamental changes in the attitude of church leaders will be a necessary first step toward restoring to the church its biblical self-image.
Bob Sabath 3-01-1976
From our office window, just three blocks down Vermont Avenue, the White House is clearly visible -- a symbol of the most powerful nation on earth.