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1 Sep 10

American Christians Are Deeply Divided

The United States has more Christians than any country in the world, both in numbers and as a per cent of our population. Roughly 80% of Americans identify themselves as Christian. Only about half are actively involved in the life of a church, but this is still a large number. But are we a Christian [...]

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10 Apr 10

For God So Loves the World

Of course care for creation should be a priority, but when the Bible was written, there was no “environmental issue” as we think of it. That there might someday be a human threat to the environment, to nature, did not occur to our ancient ancestors. Human “control” over nature was very modest, recent, and understandably [...]

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5 Oct 09

Just Ways to Repair an Unjust War

Full disclosure: I am among those who opposed the invasion of Iraq before it happened. I opposed it for Christian reasons. Moreover, I think those reasons have a pragmatic function: they would have prevented us from embarking on a pre-emptive war that has proved to be disastrous. According to the almost two millennia old tradition [...]

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