Will Obama Be a Peacemaker?

John W. Whitehead January 21st, 2009

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children…This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron."

–Dwight D. … (Read More)

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Religion & Mideast Peace

Erik Guzman January 18th, 2008

It's obvious that religion is a stumbling block on the road to peace in the Middle East, but can it have a positive impact? The founder and director of The Bethlehem Christmas Project, Ali Elhajj thinks so.

Join Steve and Ali as they talk about the effort to reconcile Palestinian and Israeli Christians and deliver gifts to special needs children of all faiths in Bethlehem.

Who knows, maybe Ali's work to facilitate understanding, forgiveness, healed relationships, and the message o … (Read More)

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War and Peace

Steve Brown January 10th, 2008

As we move into this election year and Christians are considering the candidates for President, more and more, I keep getting asked questions like, "How are Christians supposed to reconcile Jesus’ message of peace with the fact that we live in a nation at war?"

That question makes an assumption that there is a disconnect between being a Christian and participating and supporting a war. There is a sense in which that is true. But there is also a disingenuous side to that disconnect. … (Read More)

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