Red Letter Christians Podcast

A Christian commentary on the way of Jesus in the world today with Red Letter Christian leaders Dr. Tony Campolo and Shane Claiborne. Red Letter Christians gets its name from the Bibles that highlight the words of Jesus in red and we are aspiring to live “as if Jesus meant the stuff he said.” Some episodes of this podcast have been adapted from the radio show “Across the Pond” which airs on Sunday afternoons in the UK on Premier Radio. Others are from events such as Faith Forums, Book Clubs, and Monthly Morning Prayer.

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Episodes

Mae Elise Cannon: Churches for Middle East Peace

Reverend Dr. Mae Elise Cannon ( https://www.maecannon.com ) joins Shane for an important conversation about peacebuilding and Churches for Middle East Peace. To help sustain our work, you can donate here To check out what RLC is up to, please visit us www.redletterchristians.org Follow us on Twitter: @RedLetterXians Instagram: @RedLetterXians Follow Shane on Instagram: @shane.claiborne Twitter: @ShaneClaiborne Common Hymnal information: https://commonhymnal.com/...

Dec 14, 2023•28 min•Ep. 150

Rethinking Life: Healing the Harm

To help sustain our work, you can donate here To check out what RLC is up to, please visit us www.redletterchristians.org Follow us on Twitter: @RedLetterXians Instagram: @RedLetterXians Follow Shane on Instagram: @shane.claiborne Twitter: @ShaneClaiborne Common Hymnal information: https://commonhymnal.com/...

Dec 07, 2023•28 min•Ep. 149

God’s Resistance: Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants

Special guests and authors of God's Resistance (Brad Christerson , Alexia Salvatierra, Nancy Wang Yuen [not present] and Robert Chao Romero) discuss their experience of enabling the power of faith to mobilize resistance to anti-immigration policies. Purchase the book at your local retailer or NYU Press Follow Alexia Salvatierra Follow Brad Christerson Follow Nancy Wang Yuen Follow Robert Chao Romero To help sustain our work, you can donate here To check out what RLC is up to, please visit us www...

Nov 30, 2023•45 min•Ep. 148

Decolonizing the Gospel

Purchase the book from your local retailer or order online at B&N To help sustain our work, you can donate here To check out what RLC is up to, please visit us www.redletterchristians.org Follow us on Twitter: @RedLetterXians Instagram: @RedLetterXians Follow Shane on Instagram: @shane.claiborne Twitter: @ShaneClaiborne Common Hymnal information: https://commonhymnal.com/...

Nov 23, 2023•28 min•Ep. 146

Eye for an Eye: A License for Revenge? Shane Claiborne on War in Israel and Palestine

In this special bonus episode, Shane shares about the ongoing war and heartbreak in Israel and Palestine. He breaks down the idea of war, collective punishment, and retribution and what the Bible says. Check out Shane's latest book "Rethinking Life" from your local library, or find it at your local book retailer or order online at B&N To help sustain our work, you can donate here To check out what RLC is up to, please visit us www.redletterchristians.org Follow us on Twitter: @RedLetterXians...

Nov 18, 2023•28 min•Ep. 147

American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church with author Andrew Whitehead

RLC Book Club with Andrew Whitehead Power. Fear. Violence. These three idols of Christian nationalism are corrupting American Christianity. Andrew Whitehead is a leading scholar on Christian nationalism in America and speaks widely on its effects within Christian communities. In this book, he shares his journey andreveals how Christian nationalism threatens the spiritual lives of American Christians and the church. Whitehead shows how Christians harm their neighbors when they embrace the idols o...

Nov 16, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 145

Rethinking Life: Desecrating the Image of God in Others

Shane Claiborne continues his special series based on his newest book, Rethinking Life. In this episode, he talks about how the disvaluing of some lives over others is actually a denial of the image of God in others. Purchase the book from your local retailer or order online at B&N To help sustain our work, you can donate here To check out what RLC is up to, please visit us www.redletterchristians.org Follow us on Twitter: @RedLetterXians Instagram: @RedLetterXians Follow Shane on Instagram:...

Nov 09, 2023•28 min•Ep. 144

Rethinking Life: How to Be Pro-Life, not Pro-Birth | What Does Love Require of Us?

Shane discusses his book Rethinking Life: Embracing the Sacredness of Every Person and the importance of Christians to be pro-life and what that means "from the womb to the tomb." To help sustain our work, you can donate here To check out what RLC is up to, please visit us www.redletterchristians.org Follow us on Twitter: @RedLetterXians Instagram: @RedLetterXians Follow Shane on Instagram: @shane.claiborne Twitter: @ShaneClaiborne Common Hymnal information: https://commonhymnal.com/...

Nov 02, 2023•28 min•Ep. 143

American Exceptionalism: Fighting Against Death Doesn’t Mean We’re Against Justice

Shane discusses the violence and death the US perpetuates under the guise of justice and the Christian's call to be the peacemakers and advocates for life. To help sustain our work, you can donate here To check out what RLC is up to, please visit us www.redletterchristians.org Follow us on Twitter: @RedLetterXians Instagram: @RedLetterXians Follow Shane on Instagram: @shane.claiborne Twitter: @ShaneClaiborne Common Hymnal information: https://commonhymnal.com/...

Oct 26, 2023•28 min•Ep. 142

Book Club w/Kat Armas, author of Sacred Belonging: A 40-Day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture

“An invitation into a deep, expansive, and healing way of encountering Scripture” In this 40-day devotional , Cuban American writer Kat Armas shows us that reading the Bible with fresh eyes allows us to experience God in new and liberating ways. Highlighting biblical passages that point toward decolonized themes centered on creation, wisdom, spirit, the body, and the feminine, Armas helps us see how Scripture directs us to live a liberated faith–a faith where we belong to God, the earth, and one...

Oct 19, 2023•57 min•Ep. 141

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