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By Kathryn Post
(RNS) — ‘The biggest lesson I had to learn is that God’s lack of an answer to my prayers to change me was an answer, because there was…
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First Facebook, Now Twitter, What's Next?
By Tony Campolo
Over the past couple years few questions have been asked of me more than, “Tony, do you have a Facebook?” To which I routinely answered, “my dear, these hands cannot…
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Kent Annan: Poverty Tourism Can Make Us So Thankful
By Tony Campolo
“If we come back with a kind of souvenir that makes us feel more comfortable about our lives, then it’s likely been exploitation. If we come back and we’re more…
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What Does Violence in the Bible Tell Us About God?
I recently received a note from a pastor and missionary we’ll call Pete. It went like this: “I have read most of what you have written, including A New Kind of…
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Common Prayer for Communities
By Tony Campolo
After several years of working with scores of communities, liturgy experts, artists, and musicians, my brothers Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and Enuma Okoro are excited to announce that Common Prayer has…
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Never Ending New Years Questions
By Tony Campolo
I have a good friend who, every New Year, likes to ask me, “What was your favorite part about this past year?” and “what are you most looking forward to…
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A New Year’s Invitation: Bring in 2011 with the Youth of Afghanistan
There’s a part of the Christmas story we don’t always tell the kids or teach in Sunday school. All the Christmas cheer was rudely and abruptly interrupted. According to the…
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Why the Gospel That's Good News for the Poor is now Good News for the Rich (and by "rich", I mean me)
I was at the grocery store, minding my own business, looking for pie crusts in the frozen food section. Harmless, right? Before I found crusts, though, I accidentally stumbled upon…
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New Plan for Israeli/Palestinian Peace?
By Tony Campolo
The Red Letter Christian answer to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict addresses the basic problems that people say are irresolvable and will necessitate an ongoing war between the Israelis and the Palestinians.…
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Brian McLaren: What's Wrong With Our Message?
By Tony Campolo
“It’s been fashionable for some time to admit problems in our methodology, but our message was unquestionable. I think the Pope is right: there comes a time when the symptoms…
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It's Not Just a FREE Book. . .It's a Gift!
Over the past 2 years I have been writing a book called Love Without Agenda: My Journey Out of Consumer Christianity. Last June when my team and I decided that…
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Merry Christmas!
By Tony Campolo
The moment I awoke this morning marked my 75th Christmas. Sometimes it’s hard to believe there have been so many. Recalling memories of my childhood mixed with memories of my…
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Is Stephen Colbert a Red Letter Christian?
By Tony Campolo
If you didn’t get a chance to see Stephen Colbert talk about Christmas on Comedy Central you missed something special. It’s a bit edgy and has somewhat of a political…
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Shane Claiborne: The Christian Industrial Complex
I went into a Christian bookstore the other day and was surprised to see some of the most prominent display space given over to military flags for the U.S. Army,…
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Conspire Magazine
By Tony Campolo
We Red Letter Christians have found a magazine that aligns with the teachings and beliefs of Red Letter Christianity, “Conspire Magazine”. It was created by Shane Claiborne and those who…
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Stop "Prostituting" Needs
By Tony Campolo
Within our world no form of modern slavery may be greater than that of human sex trafficking. A good friend of mine, and fellow Red Letter Christian, Chris Heuertz, international…
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Wild Goose Festival!
By Tony Campolo
The Wild Goose Festival is in the spirit of Red Letter Christianity. As a matter of fact it is being coordinated by one of the Red Letter Christians speakers —…
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Whose Side Are You On?
By Lisa Rea
This blog post was first published on rjonline.org Many thoughts run through my mind when I consider the work I have done over many years in the restorative justice field. I often…
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Let's BE the Love of Christ
By Tony Campolo
Every day I receive letters from individuals all around the world. Some of these letters speak of an individuals work for the kingdom while others highlight different missionary work. The…
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'Tis the Season for Giving. . .Fairly!
By Tony Campolo
As I was driving home the other night I began to realize just what time of year it is: Christmas time. For many of you this sentence makes you want…
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FOCUS Conferences 2011: Answering the Call
By Tony Campolo
To all my Catholic Friends and Followers: It is not often that I find an opportunity to speak to you directly and independently. However, an upcoming series of conferences provides…
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Who Dreamed Up The Red Letters?
By Tony Campolo
We Red Letter Christians may sometimes wonder who thought up highlighting the words of Jesus recorded in the Bible in red letters, in the first place. Well, his name is…
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Eat, Pray, Run. . .
By Tony Campolo
All to often the attention of our audience is placed on Red Letter Christian speakers and authors rather than the average person. While I am out traveling from city to city…
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Global Warming? Yes or No Let's Cut Back on Fossil Fuels
By Tony Campolo
Many of us have been well aware that environmental responsibility goes with being a Red Letter Christian. There is a proposition from those who say that there is no such…
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Out of All the Study Bibles. . .
By Tony Campolo
There have been a lot of study bibles printed as of late but there are two that I think are especially important: The first one is called the Poverty and…
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Red Letter Movement
By Tony Campolo
Red Letter Christianity is a way of the future. The 20th century was marked by expounding the theology of the Apostle Paul as found in the Epistles. Such theology’s primary…
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Shane Claiborne: What If Jesus Meant All That Stuff?
By Tony Campolo
“Forgive us. Forgive us for the embarrassing things we have done in the name of God.” These are the words of my friend, brother, and former student, Shane Claiborne. In…
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Was Jesus a Communist or a Capitalist?
By Tony Campolo
Perhaps a greater question than whether Jesus was a Communist or a Capitalist would be, was Jesus concerned with fitting into an economic system during first Century Roman Empirical Rule?…
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New York Magazine: God Loves Jay Bakker
By Tony Campolo
This post is in response to an article by New York Magazine entitled: “God Loves Jay Bakker” by Alex Morris. “Jay Bakker is certain that if Christianity actually modeled itself…