I had plenty of time to read while sick for 3 weeks. One of my favorites was Jesus and the Nonviolent Revolution by André Trocmé, the Frenchman famous for saving thousands of Jews (mostly children) from the Nazis during World War II. Yad Vashem (the Jewish Holocaust Museum) awarded him and his wife the prestigious …
UNFIT TO LEAD?
About whom do I refer? (Careful now, it might be a trick question.) 1. He’s no patriot, but serves only himself 2. He is “great” only in a corrupt worldly sense of greatness. 3. He is ambitious as a ruthless authoritarian 4. He pretends to be on the same page as religious conservatives who are …
Immigrants: “Poisoning the blood” of America?
"Nobody has any idea where these people are coming from, and we know they come from prisons. We know they come from mental institutions and insane asylums. We know they're terrorists. Nobody has ever seen anything like we're witnessing right now. It is a very sad thing for our country. It's poisoning the blood of …
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What About Whataboutism
I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty much over the “whataboutism” tactic so frequently used in social media conversations and debates between pundits. It goes like this: Party A accuses Party B of doing something bad. Party B responds by changing the subject and pointing out one of Party A's or Party C’s faults …
Missional, Merciful, Worshipful Christians and Their Churches
[This is the introduction to the book I'm writing now. I'd love to hear what you think of the theme.] Major League Baseball fans drool over the “five-tool player” who can run like the wind, throw like a rocket launcher, hit for average like a machine, hit for power like Superman, and catch fly balls …
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