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October 23, 2006

Love and Judgment of Homosexuals

"How should a Christian reconcile the Bible's statements to be loving of others, especially those...

October 23, 2006

Bono’s Latest Mission

As one of the world's most popular rock stars, Bono expresses his faith through helping...

October 23, 2006

Why Im Still Bullish on Porn

Conservatives aren't the only ones with successful wedge issues. I'll admit that I'm not very...

October 23, 2006

MN-6: Republican Candidate’s Church Says Catholics Follow the Antichrist

Released 10/23, 11:19am, by FaithfulDemocrats.com Can a congressional candidate whose faith says Catholics follow...

October 21, 2006

5 discussion points for republicans thinking of switching

Many Republicans are considering voting Democrat for the first time. Today, I’ll begin a series...

October 20, 2006

Clinton and the Common Good

Clinton’s vision was an embodiment of Christian values at their best – rooted in humility,...

October 20, 2006

Foley’s past and Foley’s present

Former Congressman Mark Foley’s claim to have been molested as a teenager by a Roman...

October 20, 2006

Expecting an October Surprise

Since we are living in the age of Karl Rove, we ought to expect an...

October 20, 2006

Video of Roy Herron on CNN

Here's video of Faithful Democrats co-chair Roy Herron on CNN this week... {youtube}ZS7gUuk7yCI{/youtube}

October 19, 2006

The Anatomy of “Seduction”

David Kuo's memoir, Tempting Faith, reads like a Harlequin Romance novel. The reader need only...

October 19, 2006

Toxic Faith: Liberal Cure

Toxic Faith: Liberal Cure, a new book by Daniel C. Bruch and Thomas W. Strieter,...

October 19, 2006

Slings and Arrows

I've just finished reading Tempting Faith, and have all manner of thoughts in reaction to...

October 18, 2006

The Great Warming Call to Action

How often do you see leaders from the Christian Coalition, National Association of Evangelicals, the...

October 18, 2006

Rick Santorum wants to be a Troll

Don't take my word for it... To which of the following fictional places did Rick...

October 18, 2006

The Great Warming

The launch of a major statement calling for immediate action on climate change has brought...

October 18, 2006

One Baptism, One Faith?

I’m ashamed to admit that, in reading the book, I was often surprised to find...

October 17, 2006

David Kuo’s Sins

He was an Evangelical true believer who subscribed to a sort of hegemonic view that...

October 17, 2006

Picking the Right Faith

With so many different theological beliefs within Christianity, how can we be confident that we're...

October 17, 2006

Tempting Faith and Partisan Jabs

In Tempting Faith, former White House operative, David Kuo, has written an interesting book, much...

October 17, 2006

Obama’s “The Audacity of Hope” – my review

“In the world’s greatest deliberative body, no body is listening.” This is how Senator...

October 17, 2006

A “small c” Conservative

When I was a teenager in the 1960’s, dabbling in politics, my mom and dad...

October 17, 2006

The goofy will always be with us

he fact is that our current President is just plain goofy. Nothing anyone says or does...

October 16, 2006

Wake Up and Smell the Hypocrisy

This party's god is power. There is no other. I grew up in a fundamentalist...

October 16, 2006

Faithful Democrats Statement on Kuo Book: Taking the Sacred and Making it Profane

Released 10/16/06 by FaithfulDemocrats.com The sad truth is that our country's leaders,...

October 16, 2006

The Prophetic Ideal & Bush’s Iraq Policy

I am a minister living in the deep South. The sermon below is my attempt...

October 15, 2006

Ashcroft and Christianity

Former Attorney General John Ashcroft gave an amusing interview to the New York Times Magazine...

October 15, 2006

What if the “party” were to die?

I recently read a artical in a local news paper telling us to be...

October 14, 2006

The Mystical Power of Science

Long ago, Marco Polo asked Kublai Khan if he would be interested in converting to the...

October 13, 2006

So, how’s the housing market if you’re poor?

Julia Easley, of Children's Medical Center here in Dallas and editor of the bi-annual Beyond...

October 13, 2006

Foley: the catalyst, not the cause

The new Gallup poll showing that Democrats are now dead-even among white, frequent church-goers is...