Darfur. “The African Union announced yesterday it would extend the stay of its underfinanced force in Sudan’s Darfur region until the end of the year, heading off an immediate worsening of the crisis.” Immigration. “The House and the Senate moved toward a piecemeal crackdown on illegal immigration, pushing forward separate bills to require photo identification…

If people have a position on something and you try to argue them into changing it, you’re going to strengthen that position. If you want to change people’s ideas, you shouldn’t try to convince them intellectually. What you need to do is get them into a situation where they’ll have to act on ideas, not…

For justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it. Who rises up for me against the wicked? Who stands up for me against evildoers? If the Lord had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence. When I thought, “My foot…

Part four of a dialogue between Jim Wallis and former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed on the question: “What should values voters value most?” Jim, I fear you have been paying only selective attention to religious conservatives. Conservative people of faith care about a broad range of issues, including tax relief, education, poverty, racial reconciliation,…

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