Following Jesus in rejecting empire
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…
I chose into the Christian faith as an adult – well almost. I was 17. Even though I’d been born into a Christian family and had held a genuine fascination with Jesus since childhood, I didn’t actively chose into the faith until the first week or so of my freshman year at Iowa State University.…