Category: theology
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Lucado, Trump, and the Gospel
Last week in the Washington Post Max Lucado, a well-known pastor and author called out Donald Trump for his lack of decency. We can only hope, and pray, for a return to verbal decency. Perhaps Mr. Trump will better manage his comments. (Worthy of a prayer, for sure.) Or, perhaps the American public will remember…
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In Defense of Christian Un-Love
Why loving Donald Trump’s supporters might be too much to ask of this particular Christian.
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Malcolm X Was Right About Christianity
Yesterday I was reading one of Malcolm X’s speeches, “Black Man’s History,” and I came to this: When you go to one of the churches you will notice that it is named after some word in their Bible: Big Rock Baptist Church, or Drinking at the Well Baptist Church, Friendship Baptist Church, Union Baptist, Israel…
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Loving The Trump-Lovers
I’ve enjoyed watching Donald Trump steamroll his way through the Republican primaries. It’s cathartic to watch so many of the typically hushed ideologies and pathologies that I find so destructive get their prime-time moment. The man’s lack of nuance or compassion is a breath of – well, maybe not fresh air, but it’s better than the stale…
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Oscar Romero: A Genuine Christmas
No one can celebrate a genuine Christmas without being truly poor. The self-sufficient, the proud, those who, because they have everything, look down on others, those who have no need even of God – for them there will be no Christmas. Only the poor, the hungry, those who need someone to come on their behalf,…
David W. Swanson 