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At some point in our history, Christianity became about us versus them. We know what’s right and they are going to hell unless they repent. We say the magic words…

Rick Warren is the retired founding pastor of Saddleback Church, a Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) mega-church in California that has been the epitome of church growth and evangelicalism for 30…

For years I have been trying to figure out how to get the word out that not all churches are okay with hateful behavior and inequality. Just like every church…

It depends on who you ask. A man attended the raising of the Pride Flag in Reading (PA) last week at city hall and began to read from the Bible…

Most Christians either don’t know what the Year of Jubilee is, or they misrepresent it and “Christianize” it. Simply put, it comes from Leviticus 25,  “And you shall sanctify the…

Most of us were raised on the idea that Jesus expects us to always forgive people who have done us wrong. We were taught that the only unforgivable sin was…

One of the greatest things about America is the First Amendment – the right to Freedom of Religion, Speech, Assembly, and Petition. Congress prohibited itself from legally suppressing these rights,…

In my little Methodist Church just outside of New York City, I was taught that Jesus meant Freedom. Liberation. New Life. Equality. As a kid, of course, I was not…

I was raised in a part of the world where we learned about the Holocaust on a regular basis in school. The words “Never Forget” were central to the lessons;…

One of our church leaders recently suggested I watch a series called “Sins of the Amish.” She told me that she and others were heading to Harrisburg, PA to stand…