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Is it not almost unbelievable that the Creator, on whose freedom and power we all depend, should allow himself to be bound, and to lie in helpless weakness in the straw? – John Stott + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

Following is the text of the radio address I wrote about in yesterday’s blog, which was broadcast this morning. + Download audio of the radio address I’m Jim Wallis, author of God’s Politics. I was surprised and grateful when Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid called to say his party wanted to set a new tone…

Like many journalists and Christian clergy, I had the privilege of watching a screening of The Nativity Story prior to the film’s national opening on December 1, 2006. Yes, this movie is Hallmark-y as all get out, and at times the actors are hampered by having to speak in this rather stilted Mediterranean inspired dialogue.…

I began writing for The Wittenburg Door in 1994, the same year that then Christian Coalition chairman Ralph Reed orchestrated the Republican takeover of Congress. The spiritual sparks that flew between the Clinton White House and his Religious Right adversaries provided fodder for articles such as “The Revelation of Robertson,” “The Christian Coalition Congressional Prayer…

the latest news on Iraq, politics, voting rights, the Episcopal Church, AIDS, the Middle East, minimum wage, Barack Obama and Rick Warren, and prisons Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Iraq. Iraq Panel to Urge Pullout Of Combat Troops by ’08 – “The bipartisan Iraq Study Group…

Wednesday morning, my phone rang, and on the other end of the line was Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. In an unprecedented invitation, he asked if I would speak to the nation in the Democrat’s weekly radio broadcast this Saturday. In the past, these addresses have been given by elected officials, but the senator thought…

If you didn’t read this entire ABC News report, you’d think ex-president-elect of the Christian Coalition Rev. Joel Hunter was reading straight from God’s Politics. Check out these quotes: He’s compassionate: “I wanted for us to do in the political realm, in the political advocacy realm, what we do in the church. … We pay…

Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment; for we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it; but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. – 1 Timothy 6:6-8 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the…

Every day that I live becomes more meaningful, more fulfilled, and, for me, much more enriching. Time is too short, so I’ve discovered, for all the tremendous revelations of the love of God which he has given to me—new insights, new visions, new possibilities, new dimensions of human living, new relationships with people around me,…

When you come upon your enemy’s ox or donkey going astray, you shall bring it back. When you see the donkey of one who hates you lying under its burden and you would hold back from setting it free, you must help to set it free. – Exodus 23:4-5 + Sign up to receive our…
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