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A Reverence for Reproductive Justice
Rev. Matthew Westfox appears on MSNBC to talk about Christianity and reproductive rights. The Reverend Matthew Westfox is on a mission from God: to make justice and compassion central to the...
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Parables of Reproductive Justice: An Interview with Rev. Matthew Westfox
What do the Bible and Jesus Christ have to say about a woman’s right to choose? As a Christian minister, Reverend Matthew Westfox makes a religious argument for reproductive justice when speaking to...
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Is Cooking a Moral Act?
Jeremy John on why men should consider taking responsibility for the cooking necessary: for health, hospitality, and justice. I really enjoyed the article, “Is Michael Pollan a sexist pig? Which...
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A Reverence for Reproductive Justice
Rev. Matthew Westfox appears on MSNBC to talk about Christianity and reproductive rights. The Reverend Matthew Westfox is on a mission from God: to make justice and compassion central to the...
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Parables of Reproductive Justice: An Interview with Rev. Matthew Westfox
What do the Bible and Jesus Christ have to say about a woman’s right to choose? As a Christian minister, Reverend Matthew Westfox makes a religious argument for reproductive justice when speaking to...
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Is Cooking a Moral Act?
Jeremy John on why men should consider taking responsibility for the cooking necessary: for health, hospitality, and justice. I really enjoyed the article, “Is Michael Pollan a sexist pig? Which...
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Are You Hiding Bad Behavior Behind Your Religion?
Claiming grace and forgiveness doesn’t mean you can be a jerk to everyone else. —— In August of 2015, Michigan Republican Representative Todd Courser devised a plan to cover up his affair with fellow...
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James Dobson Judges Your Manhood
— James Dobson’s recent call to shoot Trans People who use the “wrong” bathroom first caught my attention when I read a clickbait headline of a shock magazine site. I had to do a little research to...
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Family Values vs. Christian Values
Embed from Getty Images It’s always odd to hear a Christian fundamentalist prate on and on about Christian family values because Jesus was openly hostile to family values: “I came to set fire to the...
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When did we get to be Better Than God?
— I sense a move afoot that expresses a profound anxiety with where the future is headed. That the world feels like a foreign place to so many is simultaneously distressing and unsurprising to those...
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3 Ways to be a Christian Without Being a Jerk
I am a straight white Christian male from the Buckle of the Bible Belt, but I swear I’m not an asshole. Please don’t stop reading. There are lots of other straight white Christian males who are acting...
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Your Beliefs About Conservatives Are Misguided
— Countless people seem to be misguided about what conservatives stand for. When I mention that I’m a conservative usually what follows are questions related to whether or not I believe Trump is...
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Staring Down the Apocalypse
— Growing up in the early 1980s, I took for granted that Evangelicalism was God’s favorite child. Personal devotion. Sexual purity. A “heart” for sharing Jesus with others. These were the kinds of...
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Our Moral Failure To Welcome Refugees
People of faith, who silently rationalize the hostility toward immigrants and refugees—which occupies such a central place in our politics (particularly those who identify as Christians)—too often...
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Remarks for the Move On Rally for Impeachment in Front of Mitch McConnell’s...
Sometime today [Jan. 16, 2020], Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell will have to do something that will act as a touchstone for this historic moment in our nation’s history. He will have to utter...
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Christians are Supposed to Care About People
I used to think I was a Christian. I was raised in a Christian home and went to a Christian school. After a few meandering spiritual wilderness years I attended a Christian seminary, became a Christian...
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The Lack of ‘Soul Care’ and Grace of God
As I write I’m repeating a Sunday School class on the book “Soul Care,” written by Rob Reimer, a professor of pastoral theology at Alliance Theological Seminary and founder of Renewal Ministries...
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When Christians Aren’t Christians
In the Fall of 2010, I found myself giddy beyond belief. My family was getting ready to relocate to Northwest Arkansas, home to Walmart, Tyson, Dillard’s, and the infamous Razorbacks, the flagship...
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Church in the Time of COVID-19 or What If This Is the New Normal?
One of the earliest challenges to the life and health of the early church was the delay in Jesus’ promised return. He said he was coming back for them, and his followers counted on it. After his...
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An Unrequited Love
— Occasionally I’m asked why so many people who criticize what he does and how he operates hate President Donald Trump. Wrong question, truth be told. Truly, we critics don’t hate him. If there’s any...
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