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Archive: April 2009
Going Nuclear: Young Christians Redefining Evangelical Politics
Younger evangelicals are coloring outside the lines of a blue/red dichotomy, starting with abolition of nukes.
By Tyler Wigg-Stevenson | April 29, 2009; 9:10 AM ET | Comments (4)
Too Many Crusaders in U.S. Uniforms
Why do we allow fundamentalist Christians in the military to incite and embolden our enemies?
By Mikey Weinstein | April 29, 2009; 9:01 AM ET | Comments (62)
Gay Clergy Vote Encouraging
A record number of local church bodies voted for inclusion of GLBT in ordained leadership of the Presbyterian Church.
By Janet Edwards | April 26, 2009; 3:00 AM ET | Comments (18)
Jihadi Perils in Pakistan
Pakistan has been embarking on jihad-building, not nation-building.
By Moorthy Muthuswamy | April 26, 2009; 1:34 AM ET | Comments (8)
Hate Crimes are Message Crimes
Violent hate crimes create fear among members of a particular group in our society.
By Gutow, Kinnamon and Syeed | April 24, 2009; 10:44 AM ET | Comments (10)
Human Rights and Wrongs and the UN
Durban II exposed the hypocrisy at the UN that crushes human rights.
By Abraham Cooper | April 24, 2009; 4:45 AM ET | Comments (5)
My Cancer and God's Diagnosis
Medicine took awhile to diagnose my illness, but I believe God had been telling me for some time.
By Mark Judge | April 22, 2009; 1:06 PM ET | Comments (0)
Church Should Counter Culture
Just when our culture is yearning for something different, many churches are developing creative ways to be the same.
By Tullian Tchividjian | April 22, 2009; 12:15 PM ET | Comments (15)
D.C. Council's Breach of Faith
D.C. Council's marriage reciprocity law opens the back door to same-sex marriage in America's first city.
By Harry Jackson | April 22, 2009; 11:57 AM ET | Comments (7)
Obama's Faith in Respect
President's respectful approach to Chavez a more faithful, effective way to create and maintain peace.
By Valerie Elverton Dixon | April 21, 2009; 3:25 PM ET | Comments (2)
God a Spiritual or Political Weapon?
Should we be comforted or alarmed that invocations to God are so often associated with war?
By T. Jeremy Gunn | April 20, 2009; 3:21 PM ET | Comments (2)
Holy Book Reunites All Faiths in Bosnia
Oldest Sephardic-Jewish Haggadah in the world connects Muslims and Christians in Bosnia.
By Amir Telibečirović | April 20, 2009; 1:50 PM ET | Comments (0)
Extending a Hand to Muslims
When Obama chose the podium of Turkey's parliament to call for a more robust culture of freedom in Muslim societies, he did well to highlight the forces undermining the global quest for peace and tranquility.
By Anouar Majid | April 20, 2009; 11:36 AM ET | Comments (0)
We Are All Holocaust Witnesses
As the Holocaust's witnesses fade into history, we as a society must make their cause our own by absorbing their memories into our collective consciousness.
By Menachem Z. Rosensaft | April 20, 2009; 9:58 AM ET | Comments (12)
Shaken to Our Core Values
Guideposts.com users told us the financial meltdown has led them to seriously examine their core values, and to pray more.
By Edward Grinnan | April 16, 2009; 4:01 PM ET | Comments (2)
My Russian Orthodox Easter Confusion
I came from a country where there are more Orthodox Christians than believers in God. No wonder I'm confused at Easter.
By Elina Sarkisova | April 15, 2009; 2:10 AM ET | Comments (2)
Taxes and Values
My belief in the teachings of Jesus instructs me to believe in the justice and mercy of paying taxes.
By Valerie Elverton Dixon | April 14, 2009; 3:09 PM ET | Comments (4)
Resurrect Jesus the Teacher this Easter
Christianity doesn't need a new Reformation; it needs a revolution--a literal revolution, a coming full circle back to the teachings of Jesus.
By Robert S. McElvaine | April 14, 2009; 2:59 PM ET | Comments (1)
Analyzing the Pope's Apologies
Were Benedict's recent apologies genuine? Effective? Here are four ways to measure an apology.
By Aaron Lazare | April 14, 2009; 9:35 AM ET | Comments (1)
Muslims Must Embrace Power of Storytelling
Muslims have always understood that storytelling is a way to inspire faith and love for God and the Prophet.
By Kamran Pasha | April 14, 2009; 1:15 AM ET | Comments (0)
Balancing Faith, Secularism in Turkey
The world's religions, like the world's banks, once enjoyed universal confidence. No longer .
By James Kidner | April 13, 2009; 11:10 AM ET | Comments (0)
The Historical Jesus
When we peal back the layers of legend we may arrive at something close to a real, historical Jesus.
By Rex Weyler | April 10, 2009; 2:07 AM ET | Comments (20)
Burning Crumbs Before Passover
Burning remaining leavened items before the holiday of Passover is a custom first mentioned in the Mishna.
By Erica Brown | April 9, 2009; 12:26 PM ET | Comments (4)
Disarming Holy Texts
Every religion has a problem with sacred texts. How can an inspired gift from God be a source of human suffering?
By James Carroll | April 7, 2009; 11:09 PM ET | Comments (18)
Save Jesus, Ignore Easter
Easter celebrates the death of Jesus nearly to the exclusion of his radical and transforming life and teachings.
By Erik Reece | April 3, 2009; 2:46 PM ET | Comments (258)
Leaving a Cult
I was raised in a cult, a system to nurture and sustain every whim of the leader.Getting out of it was terrifying and isolating.
By Jayanti Tamm | April 3, 2009; 2:34 PM ET | Comments (22)
When the Religious Left is Right
We have a new president to demonstrate that it's not necessary to move right on social issues to get elected as a Democrat.
By Daniel Schultz | April 3, 2009; 2:20 PM ET | Comments (9)
Pro-Choice, Pro-Life, Pro-Sebelius
We have both joined dozens of pro-choice and pro-life Christian leaders in welcoming Sebelius' nomination because she has displayed the kind of leadership that can lessen the division that paralyzes so much of our politics.
By Stephen Schneck and Jennifer Butler | April 2, 2009; 4:08 PM ET | Comments (2)
Speaking Truth to the UN Human Rights Council
Effecting change requires taking calculated risks. The UN Human Rights Council is worth that risk.
By Ira Rifkin | April 1, 2009; 11:54 AM ET | Comments (5)
