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, …
Why don’t I criticize the other side like I do Donald Trump?
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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Propagandists and Play-Doh (John 7:45-53)
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 …
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On Folly and the Making of Fools
In his Letters and Papers from Prison, Bonhoeffer* wrote on folly and its only cure. I offer this without commentary. Come to your own conclusions about how to apply his wisdom in our country today. Folly is a more dangerous enemy to the good than evil. One can protest against evil; it can be unmasked …
What Would Bonhoeffer Do?
Most Christians consider pastor, theologian, activist, and martyr, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, to have been a great man. He spent two years in prison for joining the plot to assassinate the Führer and was executed by the Nazi regime at the Flossenbürg concentration camp on April 9, 1945, just two weeks before the United States liberated the camp. …
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