Fruitful

Last year New York Times editorialist Nicholas Kristof wrote a column about evangelical Christians.[1] The column confessed that some evangelical Christians act in ways that are immoral and hypocritical.  But he went on to write this:

…in reporting on poverty, disease and oppression, I’ve seen so many others. Evangelicals are disproportionately likely to donate 10 percent of their incomes to charities, mostly church-related. More important, go to the front lines, at home or abroad, in the battles against hunger, malaria, prison rape, obstetric fistula, human trafficking or genocide, and some of the bravest people you meet are evangelical Christians (or conservative Catholics, similar in many ways) who truly live their faith.  I’m not particularly religious myself, but I stand in awe of those I’ve seen risking their lives in this way—and it sickens me to see that faith mocked at New York cocktail parties.Read More »Slice: Making Jesus The Vine of Your Life (Jn. 15:1-17)