Citizenship Confusion: Christian Culture as a Stumbling Block

Every Monday in Citizenship Confusion, Alan Noble discusses how we confuse our heavenly citizenship with citizenship to the state, culture, and the world. Nearly two years ago now I wrote an article for this site entitled, Rethinking The Stumbling Block: Christian Culture as a Barrier. Since that time, I have come to feel that this has been one of my most [...]

Citizenship Confusion: The Death Penalty in Illinois

Every Monday in Citizenship Confusion, Alan Noble discusses how we confuse our heavenly citizenship with citizenship to the state, culture, and the world. Gail Rice, a adult literacy specialist and Christian who has worked in the prison system for 30 years, wrote an article for Think Christian entitled How God’s justice prevailed in Illinois in which she reports on the recent [...]

Citizenship Confusion: Wearing Our Faith

Every Monday in Citizenship Confusion, Alan Noble discusses how we confuse our heavenly citizenship with citizenship to the state, culture, and the world. Can you believe that Christ Pop Culture has been around for going on four years? If you’re new to the site you probably can. But for those of us who’ve been around since the beginning, it is [...]

Citizenship Confusion: The Problem with Praying for Soldiers

Every Monday in Citizenship Confusion, Alan Noble discusses how we confuse our heavenly citizenship with citizenship to the state, culture, and the world. A year or so ago, one of our regular commenters posted an article that caused me to seriously question how I thought about war and our nation. While I have never been a warmonger (at least, not [...]

Citizenship Confusion: Budget Cuts and Our Calling

A Christian group called The Center for Public Justice has publicly issued  “A Call for Intergenerational Justice.” In this document, the writers claim that their commitment is to finding a solution to the debt crisis without causing the poor to suffer: How our governments and we as citizens together decide to reverse the trend of our [...]

Citizenship Confusion: Peter Berger’s Thoughts on Religion in the Military

Peter Berger raises some interesting questions in a recent blog post about religion in the military. Specifically, he considers the role of chaplains in the military and how their function as clergy can come in conflict with their role as military personnel. He tells a fascinating story at the end of the post about his experience [...]