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The Soul of the Nation with Jim Wallis is a podcast about how our faith should inform our politics, and not the other way around. Each episode, Wallis, a prominent Christian ethicist and social justice advocate, host conversations about faith and justice with activists, authors, scholars, spiritual leaders and prominent politicians.

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Detroit 50 Years Later

JIm recalls coming of age in Detroit in the 60's. Sadly, not much has changed.

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The Untold Story of How Religious Leaders United to Save Health Care

Heeding the call of Matthew 25, a diverse group of religious leaders united to preserve the Affordable Care Act to protect the most vulnerable among us.

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Christians and Athletes Know the Real Meaning of Taking A Knee

In a tradition as old as protests themselves, President Trump and other critics of Black athlete protesters want you to focus on HOW people are protesting instead, of WHY they are protesting.

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Donald Trump Wants to Know Why He Can't Use Nuclear Weapons. Here is the Faith-Based Answer.

Donald Trump, who has the unchecked power to launch nuclear weapons, is an "intellectual, emotional, and moral failure." A Catholic priest at Georgetown University once said, "To build and launch a nuclear weapon is a sin." but Donald Trump says he doesn't understand why the United States doess'nt use their nuclear arsenal. And when his alarming views are exposed by the media, he threatens to blow up the First Amendment. The Reverend Jim Wallis has a thoughtful and prayerful response.

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"Values Voters" Abandon Christian Values When They Embrace Trump...and Jim Wallis Issues a Challenge

When the Values Voters welcomed Donald Trump, they embraced a man who is the "consummate worshiper of money, sex, and power." Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson labeled the standing ovations of Donald Trump and Steve Bannon at the Values Voter Summit idolatry. Listen to today's podcast to hear the challenge, the Reverend Jim Wallis has now laid down to Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council which hosts the Values Voter Summit each year.

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How Working for Social Justice Brought the Rev. Jim Wallis Back to Jesus

As a teenager in the 60's, Jim's activism drove him from the Church. His search for a deeper meaning in social justice, brought him back. Listen to his very personal story about his conversion and bringing his faith to his public life.

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"Depart from me, you accursed."

The Rev. Jim Wallis has a strong suggestion for those in power who are engaged in the debate over Immigration Policy: "Read Your Bible!"

The Bible has almost 100 references to immigrants with a clear and consistent commandment: Welcome them and treat them as you would your own. Jesus has even stronger words for Donald Trump and others who are refusing refuge for the Dreamers--the people living among us who were brought here as children.

Matthew 25:31-46, New American Bible translation

"Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink,

A stranger and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no clothing, ill and in prison, and you did not care for me.’

Then they will answer and say, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to your needs?’

He will answer them, ‘Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.’

And these will go off to eternal punishment."

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The Real Story of the Russia Investigation: The Soul of our Nation is in Peril

The Rev. Jim Wallis follows the chain of deception that starts at the very top of our government to give voice to the proverb, "The Lord detests lying lips but he delights in people who are trustworthy."

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Toxic Masculinity and Our Culture of Sexual Assault

"Locker Room Talk" doesn't only happen in locker rooms and it frequently leads to much more than talk. In order to drastically change our culture to make our world safe for women, we must radically reinvent what we mean by masculinity.

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Warning! Senate is NSFBR (Not Safe for Bible Readers)

The Rev. Jim Wallis was one of twelve faith leaders who were arrested for reading Bible verses in the Senate Hart Building. As the Republican Senate majority plans to pass a Tax Bill that will strip away food, shelter, and medical care for the poor while doling money to the very rich, people of faith gathered to read aloud from the 2000 verses of the Bible that call upon all of us to tend to those most in need.

In today's podcast, you will actually be able to hear thepolice shout down the prayerful as they handcuff and and lead them to prison.

Rev Wallis quoted Isiah 10:1-4

"Woe to the legislators who make unjust laws,

to those who issue oppressive decrees,

to deprive the poor of their rights

and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people..."

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