Love, Power & Homosexuality – Campolo & Freeman on SBE

Erik Guzman May 7th, 2010

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Love or power, Christianity or homosexuality…are these choices we really have to make? Let's talk. Join Tony Campolo and John Freeman on Steve Brown Etc.

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First up, Tony Campolo and his new book, Choose Love Not Power: How to Right the World's Wrongs from a Place of Weakness. Tony is a popular commentator in the media on politics and religion. He&# … (Read More)

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A New Kind of Christianity – Brian McLaren on SBE

Erik Guzman March 26th, 2010

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If you know anything about Brian McLaren, you won't be surprised to hear that his new book has many Christians' undies in a bunch. Is McLaren a heretic or herald of God's movement to get the church to do it Jesus' way? Join Brian on Steve Brown Etc. and decide for yourself as we talk about his latest controversial work, A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith.

(The reincarnation of Gandhi stops by as well.)

Time Ma … (Read More)

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The Four Marks of the Church & Why They Still Matter

John H. Armstrong March 23rd, 2010

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The classical theological view has always been that unity, holiness, catholicity and apostolicity are the "four marks" of the Christian church. Various evangelicals attempt to add "other" marks to these, some even popularly speaking of "nine marks of the church." I have no dispute with this notion in terms of a general consideration of the work of the church but there are not "nine" marks of the church in the confessional and hist … (Read More)

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Fred Phelps' "God Hates Fags" Message: Is It Free Speech?

John W. Whitehead March 15th, 2010

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"You can't preach the Bible without preaching the hatred of God."–Pastor Fred Phelps

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to hear Snyder v. Phelps, a case dealing with anti-gay protests at the funerals of American soldiers, is stirring up debate over whether the privacy rights of grieving families trumps the free speech rights of demonstrators.

The case arose after members of the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church picketed the Maryland funeral of M … (Read More)

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GetReligion.org – Terry Mattingly on SBE

Erik Guzman January 22nd, 2010

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Scripps Howard religion writer Terry Mattingly joins us on this edition of Steve Brown Etc. for his yearly look at how the press just doesn't get religion.

We also read the hate-mail we received because of last week's comments on Pat Robertson and The Merry Monk of Love talks about his "Help Haiti Fast."

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Terry Mattingly writes the nationally syndicated On Religio … (Read More)

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From cheerleading to coaching

Terry Mattingly November 6th, 2009

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Second verse, same as the first.

As I continue to read the New York Times coverage of the Maine vote, my mind drifted back to these lines from Daniel Okrent, the newspaper's former ombudsman, in his infamous 2004 column entitled "Is The New York Times a Liberal Newspaper?" News junkies will recall that his lede said bluntly, "Of course it is."

But on the subject of news "templates" or "maps," here is a thought for the second … (Read More)

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