What does Jesus say?
By Tom Prevost Robert Lupton is a longtime Christian community developer in inner-city Atlanta. In a 2005 presentation titled “And you call yourself a Christian” (Christian Community Development Association) he …
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
by Kristian Kobes Du Mez – Too often criticism is treated only as a negative term that raises quick defensives without thoughtful consideration. Critics, however, can be helpful — when …
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
by Tim Alberta – A careful and clear writer, Tim Alberta pulls back the curtain on white Americanized evangelicalism’s true story of “a faith cheapened by ephemeral fear, a promise …
What Would Jesus Do? – by Rector Kate Byrd
John 13:31-35 Raise your hand if you remember those bracelets that were so popular in the 90’s, WWJD. What Would Jesus Do? Now keep them raised if you had one, …
Redemption Here – By Rector Kate Byrd,
Luke 21:25-36 Now when these things begin to take place, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near. Luke 21:28 One warm spring day in 1986, …
Keep Your Hand on the Plow – by Rector Kate Byrd
Luke 9:51-62 Were any of you camp kids? I was a camp kid, through and through; I spent every summer at camp. To say I loved camp, almost feels like …
What are you looking for? – By Brett Younger
John 1:29-42 John saw Jesus coming toward him and declared,“ Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I …
Jesus, Enemy of the People – By Brett Younger
Mark 10:17-27 As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal …
Jesus and the Disinherited
by Howard Thurman – Howard Thurman’s words stand in the background of what Martin Luther King Jr., proclaimed about racial and economic relationships. The civil rights leader is said to …
The Heart of Christianity
by Marcus Borg – The flavor of Marcus Borg’s preface gives the reader a taste of the author’s style and self-revealed expertise and limitations. The first chapter sets the context …