In about one month, I am releasing a book with Cascade (Wipf and Stock) Books entitled How Not to Kill a Muslim. You can pre-order the book HERE. The book’s title actually wasn’t my idea. My original idea was something a little more pedestrian . . . like Tearing Down the Walls or Learning to See our Muslim Neighbors. But, my editor was correct, I needed the title to say exactly what the book was saying. Start at the end, and work your way back . . . I think... Read more

I cannot imagine anything more rewarding for understanding the first three decades of the church than taking a tour of places where Paul and John established and wrote to churches. So I’m hoping you will consider joining us … I am preparing special talks (not long lectures) on each of Paul’s letters and as often as possible in the location to which Paul wrote the letters. Northern Seminary is sponsoring a tour to Turkey and Greece to visit the sits... Read more

Some of you will have heard that a firestorm erupted recently at Moody Bible Institute over the claim of “white privilege.” (#MBIprivilege) What astounds me — and I say this as one who is part of a system called the USA that has systemically excluded African Americans and Latin Americans and Asian Americans from their place at the table — is how incredibly distant such discussions can become from the Bible. The president at MBI made a responsible statement; a... Read more

The final section of Philip Yancey’s new book Vanishing Grace: What Ever Happened to the Good News? looks at faith and culture. The first chapter considers the uneasy partnership between Christians and power (politics) while the second, entitled Holy Subversion, considers where we should go from here. In the chapter on the uneasy partnership Yancey begins by considering the limits of political power and the importance of faith in a moral and free society. He brings up Jürgen Habermas’s remark,... Read more