by Lee Camp | Oct 5, 2020 | Opinion
Those who claim that “Christianity is not political” fail to understand what Christianity is. They are but good modernists in pious clothing. The trick, though, is how to recover this understanding of a “Christian politic” without falling prey to a partisanship either...
by Bob Cornwall | Jan 10, 2020 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article was first published on Jan. 10, 2011. At the time of publication, Cornwall was pastor of Central Woodward Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Troy, Michigan. The Lord’s Prayer, as Matthew presents it, asks that God’s kingdom would...
by Bill Pitts | Feb 19, 2019 | Opinion
Walter Rauschenbusch was consumed with a passion for social justice. Trained in Rochester seminary as a Baptist minister, he accepted a call in 1886 by the Second German Baptist Church in New York City, where he served for 11 years. He was fluent in German as well as...
by Colin Holtz | Feb 18, 2019 | Opinion
When William Wilberforce mounted a decades-long campaign to ban slavery in the British Empire, his deep evangelical piety sustained him. When Ida B. Wells risked her life to expose the horrors of lynching, she did so out of a faith in a crucified God. Oscar Romero was... by Drew Smith | Feb 7, 2017 | Opinion
It is often said that Jesus had more to say about money than any other subject. From his statements about wealth and possessions, to his parables about agriculture and land, to his calling his followers to invest in treasures in heaven, Jesus’ teachings are...
