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Christian Resources in a Free Market

I have been surprised in the last year to see how aggressively (and defensively) some Christians defend the sanctity of the free market, and how much faith Christians place in the "invisible hand" of the market to do th…
Death, Philosophy and Souls

I'm currently auditing a philosophy course on the subject of death. Roughly the first half of the course is focused on the nature of a person (what is it that dies when we die and therefore what does it mean to die?). …
Emo Christianity

by Sharon Hodde Miller Yesterday I was hanging out with two of my girl friends chatting about life, and we got to talking about how we handle hard times in our lives. We were discussing whether it’s healthy to “indulge” …
The Poet's Fear

God may reduce you on Judgment Day To tears of shame, reciting by heart The poems you would have written, had Your life been good. - W. H. Auden, About the House Auden is writing to a fellow poet here, an…
The Violent God: A Problem for Pacifists?

[I am contributing to the Xanga Council of Christian Pacifists, which features answers to questions about pacifism, and then further questions of those answers. It's in the beginning stages of development, but we're hop…
Hindu Blessings and The Law of Love

Several years back, at the church I attended during college, one of their sponsored missionaries asked if he could organize a brief little missions trip. Not a month-long, nor even a week-long, but only for a day: this…
Evangelese: Politicians Beware

Yesterday, I came upon this article and was in a mix of emotions as a result of how it paints Evangelicals. The article is written as advice for politicians and how they should learn "our" language. Do we really have a …
Freedom Positively Understood

Freedom is a major theme in Christianity. The First Commandment begins with the words, "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery." The Israelites' Liberator did not…
I'm Making an Indie Movie

by Matt of The Church of No People One thing's for sure: 'indie' films are on a roll. You know, those quirky little movies that supposedly were made with $20 in change that then make a billion dollars because they're …
Does Christianity Need A Revolution?

Within the past few years, books such as Barna's unChristian have paved the way for campaigns of critique in the Evangelical Christian world with statistics,studies and calls to reclaim Christianity. Much of this critiq…