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I urge you, brothers and sisters, to keep an eye on those who cause dissensions and offenses, in opposition to the teaching that you have learned; avoid them. For such people do not serve the Lord Christ, but their own appetities, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the simple-minded. –…

It is more difficult to fight poverty in a rich country than in a poor one. – Mother Teresa + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

As a representative of the Red Letter Christians, I was asked the other day to participate in an NPR dialogue about the recent resignation of Ted Haggard. Two things struck me about the dialogue. First, compassion. The tone of the conversation was not glee at the fall of a hypocrite, but rather sadness and empathy…

the latest news on the lame duck Congress, the new Congress, Iraq, religious voters, conservatism, the minimum wage, arms sales, and select features and op-eds Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Lame duck Congress. Congress returns for session’s last lag – “The lame-duck session mixes a dispirited…

Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow. – Isaiah 1:16-17 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

Prophets are, by their nature, inconvenient party-poopers. It is a mistaken notion that prophets can see the future. Rather, they tell us what is true right now. – Thomas Cahill, in Hey You, Listen Up! Sojourners, March-April 2003 + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail

The latest news on the Senate, the Bush-Pelosi pledge cooperation, defense department, election, immigration, Bolton, Middle East, Iraq, military training, global poverty, women and Islam, Darfur, passing of Ed Bradley, and a message from the UK (The Guardian). Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Senate. Democrats Take…

NOTE: On Wednesday morning, just after writing his initial reaction to the election, Jim Wallis received word that his father had suddenly passed away. He is now in Detroit with his family, and funeral services will be held Sunday. Please keep him and his family in your thoughts and prayers. After reading all of the…

Some of you will remember that I wrote an open letter to Dr. James Dobson a few weeks ago, and posted it here on this blog. Well, Dr. Dobson released a statement yesterday regarding his assessment of what happened in the election on Tuesday. According to Dr. Dobson, “Many of my colleagues saw this coming.…

For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed. But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God. – John 3:20-21 + Sign up…
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