Nonviolence tagged posts

New poster in the works: Essence

29 December 2009 Design  3 comments

A sneak preview of a poster I've been working on.

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Help get in the way: support Christian Peacemaker Teams

24 December 2009 Featured Highlights, Musings  3 comments

Pushing for the support of Christian Peacemaker Teams.

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Ben Witherington on the War President’s Peace Prize

22 December 2009 Featured Highlights, Nonviolence  2 comments

Ben Witherington, yet again, grabbed my attention. He wrote a review (a response of sorts) of President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech.

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Reading To Share in the Body

16 December 2009 Martyrdom  4 comments

I've begun a reading of Craig Hovey's "To Share in the Body: a Theology of Martyrdom for Today's Church." Today, I'm merely posting some excellent quotes from the first third of the book. When I finish, I will do a more complete review. Check these few passages out.

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Nonviolence, John the Baptizer, and the soldiers of Luke iii.14

21 August 2009 Nonviolence  No comments

I was reading an article recently on the Sojourners blog, God's Politics, on the soldier court martialed for being a conscientious objector. In the article (and you should read the back story of this brother in Christ who needs our support and

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Churches and guns: a fatal combination

15 May 2009 Nonviolence, Theology, Top Stories  3 comments

I am creating a series of posts discussing why congregations must not, at any time, choose armed security. To do so would be to lay down the cross of Christ and take up the sword of man. And you cannot carry both.

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The Ends Justify the Means

13 May 2009 Theology  4 comments

I hear that mindset a lot lately. We've seen the mentality all too brutally clear over the last six or so years. And it is absolute nonsense if you are a disciple of Jesus.

Because of former Vice President Dick Cheney's recent and continuous

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Only room for peace

29 April 2009 Literature, Nonviolence  No comments

How can a Christian teach and practice non-peace while at the same time presenting a Christ of peace? How can that ever exist?

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What’s Missing?

18 April 2009 Merchandise  2 comments

$25 unframed

11 x 17, white on black, printed on 100# stock.

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Love Your …

18 April 2009 Merchandise  2 comments

$25 unframed

11 x 17 poster printed on 100# stock.

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