I have been thinking in recent days that perhaps this Advent we should forego Rejoice Sunday. The world is too weary with violence and pain. Indeed, what manner of rejoicing even rings true as we strike a match and touch its flame to the joy candle on this year’s wreath? Read more
The topic of homosexuality has assumed for many conservatives (“the prophets”) the status of a sort of litmus test that distinguishes those who accept “what the Bible teaches” over-against those “compromisers” who allow their opinions to be shaped by the contemporary culture. Read more
Surely, it is quite easy to establish whether someone is a Christian or not. Just ask Presidential candidate Jeb Bush. I mean, there are ways. One of those ways should be for all Syrian refugees who want to enter the United States to take a rigorous test of their faith and their understanding of Scripture. Read more
The songs and images of the Advent and Christmas season stir in many people a longing for peace and good will. But peace is hard to come by these days. Instead, violent world realities incite fear. Read more
What did Jesus mean when he said to Pilate, “My kingdom is not from/of this world” and how does this relate to the way Christians should love their country? Read more
In my church this Sunday, we will begin the Advent season by hearing biblical texts crafted by writers who longed for God’s presence. Read more
On September 25th, someone robbed the refugee family I was going to visit of the $1200 that they had managed to scrounge together for rent. Read more
This poem is a prayer for God to be born anew—right now—in each of God’s Advent people, in us. Read more
Ohio Governor John Kasich, whose bid for the presidency appears to be running on fumes, announced this week that the U.S. should develop a federal agency to export "Judeo-Christian values." Read more
The physical, bodily return of Jesus Christ was declared one of the five essential doctrines of Christian belief by the Conference of Conservative Protestants that met in Niagara Falls in 1895 (the other four doctrines were biblical inerrancy, the virgin birth, the divinity of Jesus, and substitutionary atonement). These five beliefs formed the foundation Christian fundamentalism and remain central tenets of modern evangelicalism. Most Christians today, including many progressive Christians, anticipate some kind of divine intervention to close human history... Read more
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