Author | Vagabond Preacher | Lover of the Poor | Grandpa
Barney: Welcome back to the show, Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Author, pastor, activist, and martyr. Bonhoeffer: Thank you. Glad to be here. Barney: We left our discussion last week comparing your historical context with our hysterical one––hysterical, not in the sense of humorous, but as in bizarre, even manic. Everyday we 21st Century Americans wake up to some new whacky thing our president …
Continue reading "Bonhoeffer: A Postmortem Interview (Part 3 of 4)"
In a letter to his brother Warren in 1950, C.S. Lewis wrote: “It sounds impossible [to love and forgive our enemies]. I pray every night for the people I am most tempted to hate or despise (the present list is Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini . . . ) and in the effort to make this real …
Warning: This post contains some harsh words which may be suitable for some who call themselves Evangelicals. The share of those who say they think undocumented immigrants are "poisoning the blood" of the U.S. (Survey of 5,352 U.S. adults conducted Aug. 16 to Sept. 4, 2024 by the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute) To all non-Christians, …
I’ve been asked this question many times. Here’s the gist of an answer. First, because there’s already a traffic jam of Christian critiques of the other side. For instance, I am against abortion. But I seldom write about my views on it since every other pro-life Christian has already said it a thousand times. (Though …
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In my devotional reading of the story of the chief priests and the Pharisees sending temple guards to arrest Jesus I felt like I was reading today’s news. When the arresting officers came back empty handed the great spiritual experts (only in their own eyes) want to know why. I encourage you to read the …
Continue reading "Propagandists and Play-Doh (John 7:45-53)"
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