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Movement for a Christianity that looks like Jesus: It just takes one

I’m very glad to welcome Stephen Jarnick as a guest today on my blog. Stephen is with Peaceworks, “a youth movement for peace, bringing people from around the world together for a single purpose – to ... read more

Evangelism Is a Work of Social Justice

On a more mundane level, this temptation looks like this ... It speaks volumes that a Christian church could not imagine how to talk or prioritize its social justice agenda without simply copying thos... read more

Greg Laurie: It's Time for Another Jesus Revolution

The last great spiritual awakening in America was the Jesus movement ... of young Americans. ... If any one mark clearly identifies them, it is their total belief in an awesome, supernatural Jesus Chr... read more

We end up looking like what we believe

The evenly spaced holes might just be a coincidence, but the thing sure looks like a flute ... a folk song that became a contemporary-Christian favorite. In a recent memoir, Stevens recalls the Jesus ... read more

Memoirist: Evangelical Purity Movement Sees Women's Bodies As A 'Threat'

And as one of the pastors said, men like a woman ... If you're just joining us, my guest is Linda Kay Klein. She's the author of the new book "Pure" about the purity and abstinence movements in evange... read more

Jesus The Carpenter Was A Class Mediator, Too

In general, peasants don't lead political reform movements. In fact, they don't even tend to lead peasant revolts. Peasants look ... Christian Origins and the Ancient Economy, pg. 40 One of ... read more

4.5K Christian leaders reject churches’ ‘social justice’ agenda

“[T]he project introduced just days ago [was] launched ... An appeal to the Apostle Paul’s warning to Christians in Greece 2,000 years ago in the New Testament is then cited … “See to it that no one t... read more

What Would Jesus Do in Today's World?

Back in 1960, just 5 percent of Republicans ... it’s that Jesus taught us to pray: “Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10, nkjv). What does it look like when ... read more

Look Outside America for Fresh Insight on American Evangelicals

It takes us beyond ... and not just Christians. On the other hand, the focus on persecution contributes to misunderstanding. If you have a lens of persecution or Christian-Muslim conflict, you might l... read more

What a vocation to be a Holy Land Franciscan looks like

A religious vocation to serve in the Holy Land is demanding, but there is nothing like walking ... (of Jesus Christ) took place and therefore it serves as a memorial to the Paschal mystery and the thr... read more

A relentlessly dark indictment of global capitalism

The book stands more vividly as a window into one ... just reeling from the unrelieved darkness of the verdict against capitalism but wondering about some basic questions. What exactly will the revolu... read more

Bible Inspires Ordinary Christians to Raise the Dead, Just Like Jesus. Are You Ready For the Zombie Apocalypse?

I want to take my dead loved one and place him in front of that TV set for 24 hours.” I submit the following to my Christian friends: All this nonsense is not doing you any favors. I’m not just ... no... read more