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David Kuo blogs for Beliefnet at “J-Walking.” A former special assistant to President George W. Bush, Kuo chronicled his time at the White House in his book “Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction.” ] Kuo is also the author of “dot.bomb: My Days and Nights at an Internet Goliath” and his writing has…

D. Michael Lindsay is a sociologist at Rice University who specializes in issues surrounding leadership, religion, and culture. The author of several books, scholarly articles, and research reports, Lindsay most recently completed “Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite,” the nation’s largest and most comprehensive study of public leaders who…

Jerry B. Jenkins is the author of more than 170 books, including the 65,000,000-selling Left Behind series. Riven, Jenkins’ standalone novel, will release in March 2008. Jenkins’s writing has appeared in Time, Reader’s Digest, Parade, Guideposts, and dozens of Christian periodicals. His non-fiction books include as-told-to biographies with Hank Aaron, Brett Butler, Bill Gaither, Orel…

Jeff Sharlet is a contributing editor for Harpers and Rolling Stone, and his writing on religion, culture, and politics has appeared in The Dallas Morning News, Nerve, Oxford American, and Salon, among other publications. Sharlet was a founding editor of The Revealer, an online review of religion journalism, and of Killing the Buddha. He is…

Hanna Rosin is the author of “God’s Harvard: A Christian College on a Mission to Save America.” She has covered religion and politics for the Washington Post. She has also written for the New Yorker, the New Republic, GQ, and the New York Times. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband, Slate deputy editor…

By Bill Hybels I post my final response for this exchange with a tinge of sadness. I have never met Paul, but I find him to be a kindred spirit—albeit a much smarter and more well-read one. His recent point about sanctifying society while we attempt to sanctify ourselves reminds me of a personal, sobering…

This has been a remarkably encouraging conversation. I thank Rev. Hybels for his generosity of spirit and enlightening responses. My final question for Rev. Hybels has to do with how sin and redemption function within our social lives. Sin is generally understood on an individual level–it can be described as our own will and life…

By Bill Hybels I sincerely wish that I could have met Pastor Walter Rauschenbusch when he was alive. He sounds like someone who walked the talk, catalyzing whatever action was necessary to meet the holistic needs of those he served. That’s the kind of legacy a guy like me dreams of. I read Paul’s response…

By Paul Raushenbush It is encouraging to read Pastor Hybels’ post. We appear to agree that the Gospel encompasses both a concern for the soul and for transforming the material existence of the poor. I became eager to attend his church when I read his words that: “in virtually every case, when I see a…

By Bill Hybels Pastor Raushenbush was right in predicting that he and I would feel essentially the same way on the Sandwich/Jesus issue. Stretching the metaphor a bit, I would add that the acid test for whether a person has indeed eaten the “Jesus” sandwich is whether or not he or she is then motivated…
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