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.

Don't be satisfied with just pumping blood.

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.

Relegating women to second-class citizenship was abolished when Jesus died on the cross.

To prevent discussion of any other explanations of human origins is hardly what I would expect from open-minded educators.

From the beginning, there have been some religious leaders who greeted the funding of faith-based social services by government with ambivalence.

When in fact we live in a society that makes life hell for gays and lesbians, this community has got to stand up and say, ‘We’re on your side as you struggle for dignity,’ and, ‘Yes, we will defy anybody who says otherwise, even if we have to go to Disneyland to prove it.’