Nowhere In The Hebrew Scriptures Does It

What We Need To Affirm Is That Jesus Is Neither A Democrat Nor A Republican. Whenever We Marry Jesus To A Political Party, We Are Committing The Sin Of Idolatry. We Are Making Jesus Into The Image Of Our Political Party.

If We Were To Set Out To Establish A Religion In Polar Opposition To The Beatitudes Jesus Taught, It Would Look Strikingly Similar To The Pop Christianity That Has Taken Over The Airwaves Of North America.

Perhaps Because Our Culture And Politics Have Gone So Off Course, With Values So Contrary To Those Of Jesus, More And More People Intuitively Recognize That His Vision Of God's Kingdom-a New World Of Compassion, Justice, Integrity And Peace- Is The Good News They've Been Searching And Waiting For.

Rituals Keep Us From Forgetting What Must Not Be Forgotten And Keep Us Rooted In A Past From Which We Must Not Be Disconnected.

From The Beginning, There Have Been Some Religious Leaders Who Greeted The Funding Of Faith-based Social Services By Government With Ambivalence.