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2014-03-20T16:43:00-05:00

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Setting the Record Straight on Jesus, ‘The Friend of Sinners’

Last updated on: March 20, 2014 at 4:43 pm By Guest Contributor

Many people know that the New Testament refers to Jesus as a “friend of sinners,” but what does that mean exactly? Apparently not what some Christians think it does. In response to a twitter comment I made about Christian singer Natalie Grant walking out of The Grammys, Joe Carter, prominent Calvinist and director of communications for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission rhetorically asked, “Didn’t [Jesus] only welcome those seeking forgiveness?” He went on to agree with another that “The sinners Jesus partied with were already... Read more

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2014-03-20T10:46:00-05:00

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Break Up? The Dealignment of the Christian Right from the Republican Machine

Last updated on: March 20, 2014 at 10:46 am By Guest Contributor

For the past twenty years the Christian right have been labeled the ‘backbone’ and ‘base’ behind the Republican Party’s electoral successes, a view that deepened with Bush’s consecutive victories in 2000 and 2004. Until recently the alignment between evangelical Christians on the Christian right and the Republican party had gone unquestioned. Their symbiosis and power based on the constant re-iteration of the movement’s importance amongst commentators and academics, all stressing the fixity and importance of Christian conservatives to the American... Read more

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2014-03-20T08:15:00-05:00

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Should the Bible Trump America’s Laws?

Last updated on: March 20, 2014 at 8:15 am By Guest Contributor

As conservatives grapple with the reality of gay marriage and the Supreme Court weighs whether companies should be forced to offer birth control to employees, it’s very clear: The conflict between religious freedom and gender/sexual equality has become “the most important civil rights issue of this time.” So says Professor Katherine Franke, director of the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School and one of the driving forces behind the school’s Public Rights/Private Conscience Project, a new... Read more

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2014-03-20T07:13:00-05:00

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God’s Feminine Side Is Plain to See

Last updated on: March 20, 2014 at 7:13 am By Guest Contributor

Any halfway decent theologian will tell you that God is decidedly not an old man on a throne in the sky. That this image of God persists somehow in the popular imagination, most likely has to do with some language we find in the Bible and the layers and layers of patriarchy involved in the whole shebang. It takes some effort and imagination to dislodge this monolithic HE, but if you are willing to dig around a little or look... Read more

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2014-03-19T19:03:00-05:00

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A Man with a Brown Hat

Last updated on: March 19, 2014 at 7:03 pm By Guest Contributor

by Peter GathjeR3 Contributor*This first appeared in the Radical Hospitality Blog The morning had started cold, but by 10:00am or so it was warm enough that a number of guests were outside sitting at the chairs and picnic tables in the front yard. At one of the tables, two guests were playing a chess game, and this had caught Kathleen’s eye as she looked out the laundry room window. As she watched, she saw another guest, one who struggles with mental... Read more

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2014-03-19T18:43:00-05:00

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The Destructive Myth About Religion

Last updated on: March 19, 2014 at 6:43 pm By Guest Contributor

This week, Pew Research Center published the results of a survey conducted among 40,080 people in 40 countries between 2011 and 2013. The survey asked a simple question: Is belief in God essential to morality? While clear majorities say it is necessary, the U.S. continues to be an outlier. In 22 of the 40 countries surveyed, the majority says it is necessary to believe in God in order to be a moral person. “This position is highly prevalent, if not universal, in... Read more

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2014-03-19T18:33:00-05:00

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Cosmos and Christian History

Last updated on: March 19, 2014 at 6:33 pm By Guest Contributor

As I watched the first episode of the new Cosmos series March 9, I wondered a number of things in succession: Wait, who’s this Bruno guy? How are the show’s writers going to play the science-and-religion thing? More important, with so much science to explain–and to illustrate with nifty special effects–why are they playing the science-and-religion thing at all?The all-knowing Internet was able to help me with the first question right away. Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) was one of several early modern thinkers... Read more

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2014-03-19T18:28:00-05:00

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Biblical Epics Flourish in Hollywood

Last updated on: March 19, 2014 at 6:28 pm By Guest Contributor

It’s been called the greatest story ever told, so it’s not surprising Hollywood has turned to the Bible for inspiration for almost a century.The trend toward these kinds of films remains strong; the movie industry expects to produce 16 faith-based movies this year alone. Many of them may be forgotten just weeks after their release, while others have the potential to become blockbusters.So what makes religion-inspired movies successful?Son of God, about the life of Jesus, opened recently and is doing... Read more

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2014-03-18T10:35:00-05:00

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Urban Church P̶l̶a̶n̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ Plantations

Last updated on: March 18, 2014 at 10:35 am By Guest Contributor

If you are preparing to do [urban ministry] and you’ve never had a non-white mentor, you are not an [urban minister], you are a colonialist. – adapted from Soong-chan Rah Last week I had the honor of meeting with a group of urban pastors who’ve devoted their lives to serving Buffalo, NY. While discussing the challenges they encountered while doing urban ministry in a predominantly non-white, socio-economically oppressed city, the black, Hispanic and Asian pastors with whom I met raised a... Read more

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2014-03-18T10:26:00-05:00

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Welcome to R3: Verdell Wright

Last updated on: March 18, 2014 at 10:26 am By Guest Contributor

Verdell Anthony Wright seeks to reach others with God’s liberating message in groundbreaking and innovative ways. An Asbury Park, NJ native, he earned his undergraduate degree in Journalism from Rutgers University in 2006. He is a recent graduate of Howard University School of Divinity, and is currently attending Wesley Theological Seminary. Verdell currently attends Lincoln Temple UCC, where he serves as a minster. His aim is to do what he so that people can experience freedom and justice in the... Read more

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