Violence for Jesus
I don’t know if you saw the story. “Israeli police have made two arrests after fighting erupted between Armenian and Greek Orthodox clergymen at one of Christianity’s most sacred sites – the Church of...
View ArticleA House Divided
In the last post, we explored a bit the concept of the Kingdom of God as an actual nation. I want to continue to discuss this idea. In a recent post, Patrick Mead discussed some of the implications of...
View ArticleTo kill Christian enemies
Since yesterday’s case study was so much fun, I thought I’d expand on it. Let’s imagine that we are in the midst of a new civil war here in the United States, like what I described yesterday. A...
View ArticleMaybe the early Christians got it wrong
Photo by Ove Tøpfer; from Stock XchangeI just don’t see it. I’ve read through the New Testament multiple times, and I just don’t see it. I don’t see any evidence of Christians using power, power as the...
View ArticleSleight of mouth
When I was a kid, I really enjoyed magicians. Even though I knew it was a trick, I still became a part of the illusion. Sleight of hand, or prestidigitation for those who like using big words, is...
View ArticleLeaving Meshech, abandoning Kedar
Bombs going off in Boston. Stabbings at a college in Texas. Bullets ending the lives of children in Connecticut. Unmanned aircraft dropping bombs on unsuspecting Afghans. Heads of state threatening to...
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