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Poverty

A collection of 4 posts

On Movies & Media

Bill Hybels: What Bono Taught Me About Fighting Poverty

At U.S. News and World Report, Bill Hybels is talking about Bono. Hybels is the founder of Willow Creek Community Church outside of Chicago, the fourth largest congregation in the country. He says: The evangelical church has taken a lot of justifiable heat in recent years for being vocal

On Books & Writing

The Gospel According to Jim Wallis

The Washington Post on Jim Wallis... "And when we were done, that Bible was literally in shreds. It was falling apart in my hands. It was a Bible full of holes. I would take it out to preach and say, 'Brothers and sisters, this is our American Bible.

On Movies & Media

Steven Baldwin Takes a Wild Swing at Bono... and Misses

The outspokenly Christian Baldwin brother, Stephen Baldwin, has an autobiography coming out, and in it, he criticizes Bono for working so hard to help the poor in Africa. THE UNUSUAL SUSPECT: MY CALLING TO THE NEW HARDCORE MOVEMENT OF FAITH Huh. So... Jesus didn't want us to spend

David Brooks on Bono, Rick Warren, Chuck Colson, Evangelicals, the culture war, and the war on poverty

On Books & Writing

David Brooks on Bono, Rick Warren, Chuck Colson, Evangelicals, the culture war, and the war on poverty

David Brooks hits a home run with his column in this week’s New York Times.