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Article: Radically ordinary

By Matthew Ralph Unforgiving, homophobic, fear-mongering, intolerent, consumerism, bigotry, preachy, anti-Semitic and paternalistic are are all words associated, too often accurately so, with Christianity in North America. But they are words that have little to do with the Jewish carpenter who 2,000 years ago urged followers, above all else, to love God and love their […]

Elsewhere: A film to surprise athiests

I just recently picked up a DVD copy of “The Ordinary Radicals,” a documentary that chronicles this past summer’s “Jesus For President” tour and a growing movement of evangelicals living out their faith in radical ways. Expect a full review soon. This article in the Lexington Herald-Leader gives some insight on what I would consider […]