Following Jesus in rejecting empire
I thought it might be a good exercise to push beyond the Covid and US election headlines just to stay in touch with the reality that there is a world outside these big news items. I understand that the US election will have global ramifications. And I know that the current pandemic is a very…
Barely a month goes by without some news item about a sex scandal involving a Christian leader. In the first few days of October Christianity Today reported on disturbing allegations surrounding Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias and the BBC published an article about the Church of England fostering a culture which allowed sexually deviant clergy to…
I promise I will get around to answering that question, but let’s examine the question itself first. If you type “Why are Christians so” into various search engines, you will find that the results don’t finish the sentence with something positive, like “Why are Christians so loving?” Or “Why are Christians so merciful?” In fact,…
While we’d would like to think we’re open to considering other people’s opinions with an even hand, most of us, myself included, have generally landed on one side or another of the hotly contested issues of our day. People who are serious about their faith seem especially keen to take immovable positions on lots and…
I’m not talking about the silence of lambs being led to slaughter. I’m talking about all the quiet lambs looking on from the safety of open pastures. German Christians watched in silence for many years as the machinery of state terror was constructed, fueled and then set in motion. Of course, there will be some…