Red Letter Christians's articles General Christian Propositional Church in a Wounded World “We’re a propositional church!” That’s what an elder of my church said as he showed me a magazine article with a list of statements and check-off boxes that “proved” that our theology was “right” and that the other major Christian faith (in this case, Catholic) was “wrong.” He could barely contain himself. I did not […] Written by Red Letter Christians June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian Ten Ways to Resist a Dictatorship Hello, My name is Thet. I’m a young Christian organizer from Myanmar. Since Feb. 1, my entire life was upended when the military staged a coup in Myanmar. I have been using my IG to share what’s happening in Myanmar with the hope to document both the atrocities and resistance of the coup. Myanmar People […] Written by Red Letter Christians June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian Consistent and Faithful Witnesses Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the […] Written by Red Letter Christians June 16, 2021June 16, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian The Church Is Not a Business We never skipped a Sunday. Unless one of us was too sick to go to church, my parents faithfully ensured that every member of our family worshipped together every Sunday morning. And every Sunday morning, I watched as my parents faithfully dropped their offering, safely ensconced in an envelope, into the offering plate. As we […] Written by Red Letter Christians June 9, 2021June 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian How the Year of Jubilee Challenges Us to Confront Monopoly Power The Old Testament Law was a means by which ancient Israel could create a just society. The Law provided measures to ensure that the environment was taken care of, that people were treated as fairly as possible, that the Israelite economy was an economy of righteousness and not exploitation, and that the most vulnerable in […] Written by Red Letter Christians June 9, 2021June 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian Lovers of Peace Must Organize “Those of us who love peace must organize as effectively as the war hawks.” – MLK Feb 25, 1967 Fifty-three years ago Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr. spoke out against a Vietnam war that had grown grotesque. In this speech in Beverly Hills, alongside elected officials, he exclaimed the “negative good” of war was […] Written by Red Letter Christians June 4, 2021June 4, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian The ‘Single-Issue Voter Club’ and the Fight Against Gun Violence An evil time-loop repeating itself over and over again, a Groundhog Day from hell, that’s what it must be. One day, it is San Jose; the day before, it was Boulder; before that, Atlanta; and tomorrow, my town or your city, my parent, your wife, our children. We have been here before. This is far […] Written by Red Letter Christians June 3, 2021June 3, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian Overturn Dylann Roof’s Death Sentence — for Me, Not for Him The most famous person currently on federal death row is in the news again. Last week, lawyers for Dylann Roof, a white supremacist who murdered my mother, two cousins and six others in the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, because they were Black, argued the first appeal of his conviction and death […] Written by Red Letter Christians June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian Why We’re Glad Our Publisher Isn’t Backing The ‘God Bless The USA’ Bible There are some seismic shifts happening among evangelical Christians in post-Trump America. The latest is the creation of a “God Bless the USA Bible” that would have melded America’s founding documents with the best-selling NIV Bible translation, licensed in North America by HarperCollins Christian Publishing Inc. As authors published by Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins Christian […] Written by Red Letter Christians May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian Struggle is Faithfulness: Thoughts from Inside Chronic Illness “Your body is a stumbling block to other girls.” That’s what my Fitness for Life professor said to me in a one-on-one health conference during my freshman year at a Christian university because of my thin body. She said this even after I shared about the open sores lining the inside of my gut that […] Written by Red Letter Christians May 25, 2021May 25, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian The City on a Hill: Jerusalem Divided The present violence in Israel/Palestine is the predictable result of Israel’s ongoing occupation of the Palestinian territories, significant military advantage, and its willingness to tolerate relatively little damage for the sake of preserving the status quo of occupation. Until the violence escalates, as it has in recent days, the world pays little attention despite taking […] Written by Red Letter Christians May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked General Christian Christian Faith Leader Sign-On to End the Federal Death Penalty Editor’s Note: Our friends and co-conspirators at Death Penalty Action have invited Christian Faith Leaders to sign the petition below. You’ll also find several resources for taking action following the petition language. All Members of Congress & President Biden: As Christian faith leaders, we are calling upon Congress to support and pass the Federal Death Penalty […] Written by Red Letter Christians May 19, 2021May 19, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Loading Load more
General Christian Propositional Church in a Wounded World “We’re a propositional church!” That’s what an elder of my church said as he showed me a magazine article with a list of statements and check-off boxes that “proved” that our theology was “right” and that the other major Christian faith (in this case, Catholic) was “wrong.” He could barely contain himself. I did not […] Written by Red Letter Christians June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Ten Ways to Resist a Dictatorship Hello, My name is Thet. I’m a young Christian organizer from Myanmar. Since Feb. 1, my entire life was upended when the military staged a coup in Myanmar. I have been using my IG to share what’s happening in Myanmar with the hope to document both the atrocities and resistance of the coup. Myanmar People […] Written by Red Letter Christians June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Consistent and Faithful Witnesses Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the […] Written by Red Letter Christians June 16, 2021June 16, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian The Church Is Not a Business We never skipped a Sunday. Unless one of us was too sick to go to church, my parents faithfully ensured that every member of our family worshipped together every Sunday morning. And every Sunday morning, I watched as my parents faithfully dropped their offering, safely ensconced in an envelope, into the offering plate. As we […] Written by Red Letter Christians June 9, 2021June 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian How the Year of Jubilee Challenges Us to Confront Monopoly Power The Old Testament Law was a means by which ancient Israel could create a just society. The Law provided measures to ensure that the environment was taken care of, that people were treated as fairly as possible, that the Israelite economy was an economy of righteousness and not exploitation, and that the most vulnerable in […] Written by Red Letter Christians June 9, 2021June 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Lovers of Peace Must Organize “Those of us who love peace must organize as effectively as the war hawks.” – MLK Feb 25, 1967 Fifty-three years ago Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr. spoke out against a Vietnam war that had grown grotesque. In this speech in Beverly Hills, alongside elected officials, he exclaimed the “negative good” of war was […] Written by Red Letter Christians June 4, 2021June 4, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian The ‘Single-Issue Voter Club’ and the Fight Against Gun Violence An evil time-loop repeating itself over and over again, a Groundhog Day from hell, that’s what it must be. One day, it is San Jose; the day before, it was Boulder; before that, Atlanta; and tomorrow, my town or your city, my parent, your wife, our children. We have been here before. This is far […] Written by Red Letter Christians June 3, 2021June 3, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Overturn Dylann Roof’s Death Sentence — for Me, Not for Him The most famous person currently on federal death row is in the news again. Last week, lawyers for Dylann Roof, a white supremacist who murdered my mother, two cousins and six others in the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, because they were Black, argued the first appeal of his conviction and death […] Written by Red Letter Christians June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Why We’re Glad Our Publisher Isn’t Backing The ‘God Bless The USA’ Bible There are some seismic shifts happening among evangelical Christians in post-Trump America. The latest is the creation of a “God Bless the USA Bible” that would have melded America’s founding documents with the best-selling NIV Bible translation, licensed in North America by HarperCollins Christian Publishing Inc. As authors published by Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins Christian […] Written by Red Letter Christians May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Struggle is Faithfulness: Thoughts from Inside Chronic Illness “Your body is a stumbling block to other girls.” That’s what my Fitness for Life professor said to me in a one-on-one health conference during my freshman year at a Christian university because of my thin body. She said this even after I shared about the open sores lining the inside of my gut that […] Written by Red Letter Christians May 25, 2021May 25, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian The City on a Hill: Jerusalem Divided The present violence in Israel/Palestine is the predictable result of Israel’s ongoing occupation of the Palestinian territories, significant military advantage, and its willingness to tolerate relatively little damage for the sake of preserving the status quo of occupation. Until the violence escalates, as it has in recent days, the world pays little attention despite taking […] Written by Red Letter Christians May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
General Christian Christian Faith Leader Sign-On to End the Federal Death Penalty Editor’s Note: Our friends and co-conspirators at Death Penalty Action have invited Christian Faith Leaders to sign the petition below. You’ll also find several resources for taking action following the petition language. All Members of Congress & President Biden: As Christian faith leaders, we are calling upon Congress to support and pass the Federal Death Penalty […] Written by Red Letter Christians May 19, 2021May 19, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
