Tag: Christianity
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“…the question of revolution…”
The priority agenda for Jesus, and for many of us, is not mortality or anxiety, but unrighteousness, injustice. The need is not for consolation or acceptance but for a new order in which men may live together in love. In his time, therefore, as in ours, is the question of revolution, the judgement of God…
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The King Jesus Gospel
Scot McKnight’s latest book, The King Jesus Gospel, has already been sufficiently reviewed and debated in print and online. Of interest to many (and consternation to some) is the definition at the center of the book: “The gospel, I am arguing, is declaring the Story of Israel as resolved in the Story of Jesus.” The…
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Confession, Huckleberry Finn, and Beloved Community
During my sermon from Nehemiah 1 on Sunday I paused and asked for reflection from the congregation. I’d pointed out that, as part of his prayer, Nehemiah confessed his own complicity in the fate that had befallen his people. In verse 6 he says, “I confess the sins we Israelites, including myself and my ancestral…
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Deportation Places Thousands of Children in Foster Care
Not that it was needed, but a report yesterday from the Applied Research Center provides yet more evidence of the devastation caused by our country’s deportation policy. This time the focus is on the children of those deported, over 5,000 who are now housed in the foster care system with no clear pathway to reunite…
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“They loved life…”
These people followed Jesus. To them, true doctrine and faithful obedience were one; there was no need to choose between them, and indeed no option to do so. They loved life, because life is God’s first and greatest gift, and they sought to nurture it everywhere they found it. They were friends to the unborn…
David W. Swanson 