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Recently, I received a difficult and probing question on IASP.
From 1940 to 1943 the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto struggled for survival under unimaginable conditions.
If our Christmas observance is ever going to move beyond food, frolic and festivity we are going to need to bring to our celebration a little shard of faith.
What is the source of violent action?
It appears Jerry Falwell Jr. may not be alone in the US in his enthusiasm for bearing arms.
Shane Clairborne reported yesterday on a shocking convocation address given by Jerry Falwell Jr. at Liberty University on Friday.
It is almost inconceivable that people who have perpetrated the acts of violence that have plagued the history of the Christian church might think they could find the slightest sanction in the New Testament for their actions.
Chris Hedges is a Harvard seminary graduate, activist and US journalist who was fired from the New York Times for his criticism of the Iraq War. He now works as an independent writer and publishes a weekly column at “truthdig”: http://www.truthdig.com/
Repudiating Falwell (& Donald Trump)
December 8, 2015 in Current Comment | Tags: Brian McLaren, Donald Trump, Jerry Falwell Jr., Jim Wallis, Liberty University, Peace, Rachel Held Evans, Violence | 2 comments
In response to Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Convocation address last Friday at Liberty University, Brian McLaren calls Christians to respond “not with the applause and laughter displayed by your students and faculty, but with unequivocal repudiation.”
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