Ronald SIder

Ronald Sider, 1939-2022

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I just wrote about him today. I am going to need some time to process this before I write anything further. Sider was one of my lodestars. Here is Daniel Silliman at Christianity Today: Ronald J. Sider, organizer of the...

Can we advance both religious liberty and LGBTQ rights?

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Over the last few years we have brought your attention to Fairness for All, a balanced piece of legislation that preserves religious freedom and defends LGBTQ rights. The bill does not appear to have made it out of committee. See...

Evangelicals talk abortion: round 2

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Yesterday I posted a video of evangelical Christians Lisa Sharon Harper, Shane Claiborne, Randall Balmer, Ron Sider, Andrew Lucado, Rob Schenk, and others discussing abortion. Today I realized that this conversation took place just before the 2020 elections. Some of...

Evangelicals discuss abortion

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All of these participants–Elaina Ramsey, Shane Claiborne, Andrea Lucado, Jerushah Duford, Tatiana Torres, Rob Schenck, Randall Balmer, Ron Sider, and Lisa Sharon Harper–identify as evangelical Christians. Rob Schenck’s remarks are especially revealing and powerful:...

Ron Sider on the problems with the Democrats

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At his Substack page, progressive evangelical Ronald Sider reflects on the current state of his political party. A taste: You would think Democrats would recognize the vast cultural and ideological diversity of the country and say that our pluralistic society...