Tag: Christianity
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A Ready Defense: What the Martyrs Knew That Seminary Often Forgets
1 Peter 3:15 was never meant to arm us for debate. It was given to a suffering church.
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What Forms Us? How My Culture Steered Me From My Shepherd’s Path.
How certain are any of us that our faith is solely formed by His Word and His Spirit? I was certain once. I see now how wrong that was.
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Tow’rs: Belly of the Deepest Love
This week I’m returning to an older reflection that’s been sitting with me again lately. It’s about numbness, mercy, and the strange grace that meets us in the dirt.
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Those Who Love Lies: A Warning From First Century Christians.
In November 1933, a crowd at Sportpalast was unaware of the spiritual pall surrounding them, symbolizing the church’s gradual embrace of lies, contrasting with the faithful remnant who upheld absolute truth amidst societal deception.
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Can the State Produce Virtue? The Virginia Religious Assessment Crisis a Case Study
A lantern in the Virginia woods reminds us of a forgotten truth: the church once flourished without state power. Fear tempts us to trust political strength, but Jesus gave us a different task — to make disciples, not defend a way of life
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Does the Modern State of Israel Fulfill Biblical Prophecy? No: Why Christian Settler Violence in the West Bank Matters
This essay addresses violence, displacement, and persecution affecting Christian and Muslim communities in the West Bank. It includes graphic descriptions of sexual assault and violence. Reader discretion is advised.
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Wednesday Word: Hebrews 4:1-7 — The Promise Still Stands – Fear & Enter
A few interruptions of late, but I am trying to get back on track with the Wednesday Word.
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When Our Neighbors Go Dark: A Quiet Reflection on Cuba
Is starving the people of Cuba the thing a Christian nation does?
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God Loved Khamenei Too: Why Enemy-Love Must Not Die in This War
I know some of what I say here will feel offensive or naïve or even unpatriotic. I ask only that you read slowly. Bonhoeffer taught that the gospel will always unsettle us before it heals us.
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The Face of the Enemy: Mercy in House of Heroes’ Valley of the Dying Sun
House of Heroes In The Valley Of The Dying Sun offers us a glimpse of what enemy love and wrestling with God entails. Walk through something together with me.