Opinion: Separation of Jesus and CongressDoes it really follow from Jesus and the prophets' timeless injunctions that God expects legislators never to eliminate any poverty program or social-welfare line item, or even to roll such spending back to where it stood a few years ago? (Jeff Jacoby, The Boston Globe)
Jim Wallis on the story behind Pastor Terry Jones's change of heartAlthough the media focused on the role that political and military officials, including President Obama and Gen. David Petraeus, played in getting Jones to back down from his plan for a Koran bonfire, the faith community also had a key part. (Washington Post)
Outraged by Glenn Beck’s Salvo, Christians Fire BackThe Rev. Jim Wallis and others were outraged when the broadcaster said the words “social justice” and “economic justice” were code for Communism and Nazism. (The New York Times)