peace tagged posts

Dick Cheney and Gitmo cartoon

31 August 2011 Torture  One comment

Now this takes me back. Of course, it still hasn't been dealt with, and there are Christians that still either support torture or redefine torture...but it still takes me back.

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The imago dei deserves our love

24 June 2010 Nonviolence  One comment

The social contract rootage of a moral imperative or legal provision, to which modern thought usually resorts in order to explain when something is right or wrong, would lie in calculations about what kind of society you get if life is protected or

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Dordrecht Confession of 1632, Article I

5 April 2010 Amish  One comment

Article 1: Of God and the Creation of All Things
Since we find it testified that without faith it is impossible to please God, and that he that would come to God must believe that there is a God, and that He is a rewarder of them that

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This whole Beck affair

13 March 2010 Featured Highlights, Theology  2 comments

If you are not sure what's going on with this uproar over Glenn Beck, that's alright. He likes to cause a ruckus. But this one is fairly problematic. For some quick catch up, check out this intro by Eugene Cho, then Glenn Beck's response, and then

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Is Islam a religion of peace?

8 March 2010 Islam  4 comments

I know this question will continue to rear it's head throughout the 12 remaining weeks of the class on Islam I am leading. Many scholars and theologians have tackled the question, debating with Muslims either in print or in public. Many responses

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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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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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Kids can get it; give them a chance

9 July 2009 Nonviolence, Scriptures  No comments

And by golly the kids get it. Without dumbing down or repackaging the life and teachings found in the Good News accounts, with some simple questions and discussions, our kids get it.

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Frequent and harmonious meetings

30 June 2009 Early Church, Nonviolence  No comments

Therefore make every effort to come together more frequently to give thanks and glory to God. For when you meet together frequently, the powers of Satan are overthrown and his destructiveness is nullified by the unanimity of your faith. There is

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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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