Tag: Politics
Right off the bat, I'll own that this title is pretentious. But I just had this realization, and I think it's profoundly true. I'll need to improve my titling skills, because while this post should be broadly relatable, I'm sure the title scared most people away. But not you,...
I wanted to give one more teaser from my book. But before I do, let me give one qualification and one advertisement.
First, the views represented in my book don't necessarily represent the views of Eternity Bible College. We have a broad range of perspectives on Christians and violence; mine...
Election day. The past few months have been leading up to this moment, so much so that our Facebook newsfeeds carry all the same headlines as the major news outlets. So much passion, so many hopes, so much skepticism, so much disagreement, so much slander—all coming to a head...
If religion was opium for the masses: perhaps politics has become “Meth” for America. The reaction from Christians to a tweet that I sent out today suggests that many believers are as addicted to the GOP as my students are to the hit-show, Breaking Bad. The tweet:
How many believers will...
Yesterday I said that everything in this world is important because of the kingdom of God. If God’s righteous reign is to spread into every aspect of this world, then we need to take everything seriously. This is God’s world, and we should love every inch of it and...