Tag: Christianity

• “I chose to trust God…”

  I chose to trust God: that he loved me, that I was capable of loving him, that he wished what was best for me, that he wanted me to be happy, that he wasn’t going to deceive me or allow me to be deceived if I trusted him, and that he wasn’t actively wishing my…

  David Swanson

  November 19, 2018

  stories, theology

  Christianity

• For White Christians Who Keep Supporting the President Despite Most Other Christians Asking Them to Reconsider

  

  It’s election time again and during the two years since the last one I’ve thought about you a lot. Your enthusiastic support for the president sent a shiver through the American church which many of us are still trying to make sense of. It’s not that we’re surprised that so many white people voted for…

  David Swanson

  November 5, 2018

  church, culture

  Christianity, Election, race

• The Priority of Prayer

  Wendell Berry, Jaques Ellul, and a Christian response to technologies and tyranny.

  David Swanson

  October 15, 2018

  culture, news, Politics, theology

  Christianity, Politics, Theology

• Merely Temporary Fashion

  C. S. Lewis on why we should study history.

  David Swanson

  October 10, 2018

  culture

  C. S. Lewis, Christianity, History

• Litany for the 2016 Election… and today.

  A president has been elected for whom money is god, for whom celebrity is currency, and for whom laws are manipulated for personal gain.

  David Swanson

  October 3, 2018

  church, Scripture, theology

  Christianity, Politics, Prayer