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Jim Wallis is no stranger to The O’Reilly Factor, having appeared on the show several times over the past few years. Jim will be the first to tell you, you need to be on your toes and stand your ground. Well, last night Bill O’Reilly bravely entered the domain of his satirical doppelgänger Stephen Colbert…

The field of the poor may yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice. – Proverbs 13:23-23 + Sign up to receive our social justice verse of the day via e-mail

The only purpose of the gospel is to reconcile people to God and to each other. A gospel that doesn’t reconcile is not a Christian gospel at all. But in America, it seems as if we don’t believe that. We don’t really believe that the proof of our discipleship is that we love one another…

The latest news on wiretapping, student loans, Iraq, public opinion, GI opposition, ethics legislation, climate change, death penalty, Colombia, globalization, and select Op-Eds. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Wiretapping. Court to Oversee U.S. Wiretapping in Terror Cases– “The Bush administration, in a surprise reversal, said that…

The genocide in Darfur continues to weigh heavily on my heart. After months and months of talk, it is increasingly clear that there are no real strategies for peace among any of the major players. Last week, there was a glimmer of hope when New Mexico’s governor, Bill Richardson, visited Khartoum on a trip sponsored…

Praise the Lord with the lyre; make melody to [God] with the harp of ten strings. Sing to [the Lord] a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts. For the word of the Lord is upright, and all [God’s] work is done in faithfulness. [God] loves righteousness and justice; the earth is…

We can never have enough of nature. We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor, vast and titanic features, the sea-coast with its wrecks, the wilderness with its living and its decaying trees, the thunder cloud, and the rain which lasts three weeks and produces freshets. We need to witness our own limits…

The latest news on Barack Obama, Iraq-war, Senate, military and Guf states,- Iran, Israel, Senate earmarks, Global AIDS, and select op-eds. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Barack Obama. He sets his sights on the White House. Now the hard part. – “Sen. Barack Obama took an…

I was struck this morning by a column in The New York Times business section by David Leonhardt. He explores the question of What $1.2 Trillion Can Buy. He notes how difficult it is for us to understand so large a number, then says: The way to come to grips with $1.2 trillion is to…

We want you to know, brothers and sisters, about the grace of God that has been granted to the churches of Macedonia; for during a severe ordeal of affliction, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. For, as I can testify, they voluntarily gave according…
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