Tag: Christianity
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It is not light that is needed, but fire.
Frederick Douglass on telling the truth about injustice instead of protecting privileged sensibilities.
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The (Criminal) Body of Christ
When human beings are reduced to criminals, it is time for the church to become criminal as well.
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“There is no more important calling for the church in our time than claiming the self-identification of the God who is the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ.”
A fundamental problem is that it is not at all clear exactly who God is. We have not become a secular society so much as we have become a generically religious one. Undifferentiated spiritual objects, therapies, and programs are widely marketed. Popular religion in America tends to be an amalgam of whatever presents itself. Discerning observers…
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Opposed, Cautious, and Irrelevant
What King taught me about how white people respond to racial justice.
David W. Swanson 