Christianity

  • The Bonds of Christianity go beyond the Bible

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    Last week, I found myself on the outside of a Christian community. It’s a strange feeling. I honestly didn’t know what to make of it. I was angry. Confused. Not sure what was going on. It was, after all, a simple Facebook group and therefore inconsequential. But the circumstances felt very prescient and significant. A…

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  • It isn’t weird to be a Christian who supports abortion rights

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    You’ve heard the narratives about “what all Christians believe.” And you’ve heard many a high-profile pastor speak for all of Christians. He tells you precisely what we all believe, like we’re 3 billion cultists in the world with an identical worldview. We don’t all believe the same stuff. And yet this view of a singular…

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  • Rob Bell on Politics and Guns: “We don’t do despair”

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    In a series of episodes on The RobCast called simply “Politics and Guns,” Rob Bell deals with many of the issues surrounding the politics of guns in the United States. He begins with perhaps the most important starting place: politics. Through the arc of the series, Bell describes the nuance of the political landscape, with particular…

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  • Personal Religion

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    The new American definition of religious freedom, and therefore religion itself, is total, personal faith. No one in their right mind would say that Kim Davis defines Christianity. They are, however, eager to say that she is practicing her faith. She is being a Christian. Yesterday I wrote about what we should mean when we talk about religion. Today I…

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  • If ISIS Were Christian

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    Imagine if a random dude one day declares that he is the pope. This man isn’t completely random, perhaps. He’s got friends. He’s connected. Of course those connections aren’t Roman Catholic. He’s a member of the Army of God. He’s an activist. He’s proudly helped shut down clinics. He claims credit for radicalizing a young man…

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