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'I don't live for the Jesus who eats red meat, drinks beer, and beats on other men.'

Eugene Cho 2-03-2010

Several weeks ago, I had an extensive phone interview with a reporter from The New York Times about the growing popularity of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in the wide and nebulous net of "evangelical churches." The reporter had come across one of my previous blog entries

Who's Succeeding at Making Churches More Multiracial?

Michael O. Emerson 2-02-2010

A recent Time magazine article traced the racial transformations of http://www.willo

Going to Church on Wall Street to Talk About Ethical Economics

Becky Garrison 2-02-2010

Haiti: Hell and Hope

Bill Quigley 2-01-2010

Smoke and flames rose from the sidewalk. A white man took pictures. Slowing down, my breath left me. The fire was a corpse. Leg bones sticking out of the flames.

More Religion, Less Juvenile Crime

John J. DiIulio Jr. 2-01-2010

The case for faith, not prison, to prevent youth crime.

Paint Your Faith

Jeannie Choi 2-01-2010

A Toronto church wall speaks to the vibrancy of faith, thanks to the work of four aerosol artists.

Five Questions for Rev. Efrem Smith

Elizabeth Palmberg 2-01-2010

Bio: Author of The Hip-Hop Church; Senior pastor of

Can I Get A Witness (for Immigration Reform)?

Allison Johnson 1-29-2010

Some in Washington would have us believe that immigration reform is politically untenable and economically illogical. However, God is on the move among Christians who care about the immigrants in their midst.

Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove on Friendship and Leadership (Part 2)

Multiple Authors 1-29-2010

[continued from part 1]

Interview with Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove on Friendship and Leadership

Multiple Authors 1-28-2010

For Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, "subversive" friendship is about creating God's counterculture in the midst of a dominant culture.

Greed is God: Exporting the Values of America's Prosperity Heresy

Sondra Haaga 1-27-2010

America, dominating the global economy, imports more goods than it exports. What is less tangible, but possibly more important, is how America exports its values to a rapidly interconnecting global society.

My Son's Struggle with Christianity vs. Christ

Chandra White-Cummings 1-27-2010

As is the case for many Americans, I use the Christmas and New Year holidays as a time to reflect and try to gain perspective on matters near and dear to me.

Seeking Justice for Haiti's Oppressed, Orphans, and Widows

Elizabeth Denlinger Reaves 1-26-2010

"Seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow." Isaiah 1:17

Hearing MLK's Full Message

Ruth Hawley-Lowry 1-15-2010

This year, as we celebrate the birth of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. we are too often tempted to celebrate what has been achieved rather than examine what God continues to call out of us. Hopefully we know that there is no such thing as "post-racial," even after the election of an African American president.