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A Christian Perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the source of much of animosity and fear in our world. Forming a Christian response requires much knowledge of t…
11 years, 5 months ago
Axis of Love
Since the foundation of the world (by which we mean the beginning of human civilization) there’s been something fundamentally and tragically wrong w…
11 years, 5 months ago
The Beautiful Catastrophe
Beware of simplistic and formulaic explanations of the Cross. We cannot easily know the mystery of how the crucifixion of Jesus Christ saves the wor…
11 years, 5 months ago
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction
Friedrich Nietzsche said, "a long obedience in the same direction" is what makes "life worth living." And as was so often the case, Nietzsche was ri…
11 years, 5 months ago
Jesus the Prophet
What Jesus did in the Temple the day after his arrival in Jerusalem during the Feast was not a “cleansing” of the Temple, but a prophetic protest of…
11 years, 6 months ago
People of the Cross
The hope for the world that I see is where lust for dominance is replaced by love and where lust for vengeance is replaced by forgiveness. The hope …
11 years, 6 months ago
Tomorrow They Crucify Me
When Jesus first foretold his death, Peter rebuked him saying, "This will never happen to you." Jesus retorted with, "Get behind me, Satan!" Jesus t…
11 years, 6 months ago
At the End of the Rope
Lent is a time for us to revisit, retell, and relive Jesus' journey to Jerusalem, suffering, and death. As we recall the crucifixion we cannot help …
11 years, 6 months ago
Jesus and his Temptations
As we journey through the Christian calendar—through Advent to the Christmas Incarnation, through Lent to the Good Friday Crucifixion and the Easter…
11 years, 6 months ago
The Sickness of Sin
Is sin more like a speeding ticket or suffering from the flu? If we treat sin merely as an infraction of a law, and forgiveness as a legal pardon of…
11 years, 6 months ago