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Drone Strikes: the New Crucifixion
[Yesterday and Today on Pangea, I'm highlighting an important issue: Drone Strikes. Our nation increasingly uses unmanned drones to "hit" targets in the so-called war on terror. In the process, many...
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North Korea may bomb the hell out of us and blow us to smithereens, yet we...
If this image is not to be shared, please feel free to contact me and I will take it down. ***I wrote this article prior to the events in Boston, otherwise my title would have been a bit more...
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Markers of a church planting movement #9: (a)Political
This is the ninth and FINAL post in a series exploring the broad vision for our church plant in Seattle. If you want to know more about that project, check out my Church Plant category For the rest...
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Changing our Lenses on Crime and Punishment – a restorative justice view
My friend Ben Corey wrote a great set of blogs on our justice system and the connection to theology. His blog, How a Poor Theology of the Cross Created America’s Broken Justice System, frames the...
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The Only Time Torture was Ever “Good”– water baptisms and state-sanctioned...
Sarah Palin’s recent comments comparing waterboarding to the baptism of terrorists is creating quite a bit of online chatter. I, for one, would be offended – that is if I actually cared about her...
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The Israel-Gaza Conflict has Names and Faces: Hearing Voices from Both Sides...
Over the past several weeks, my heart has grieved the violence taking place in Gaza. Hamas hurts the cause of all Palestinians when they shoot their homemade rockets over the wall at innocent civilians...
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Politicized Christology in Christianized Politics: “Constantinianism” of...
Flickr: CreativeCommons 2.0This is a guest post to get us thinking about political discourse as Christians. Thanks to Darrin W. Snyder Belousek for this great guest submission!————————————In a recent...
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Kingdom Politics: In Search of a New Political Imagination for Today’s Church
A NOTE FROM KURT WILLEMS: This is a guest post from two anabaptist thinkers/practitioners who offer us some needed reflections on Christians engaging in politics. I hope you will read and consider...
View ArticleI Wanted War – and I Was Wrong (Zach Hoag)
[Kurt Note: Zach is someone that I respect. A lot. In fact, he and I are kindred spirits in lots of ways. I hope that this excerpt from his brand new book, The Light is Winning, will inspire you...
View ArticleThe “Christian” Politics of Stone Throwing
One of the challenges in any era is what to do when there is a difference of opinion. Two key areas come to mind: theology and politics. Yep, so-called Christian politics. When I was in my 20s I...
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