The love of God and Neighbor should be our primary motivations in addressing gun violence in the US.
Category: Politics
Short Thought Saturday: Christianity and Politics in Service of the Poor
Paul was asking the Corinthian believers [in 2 Corinthians 8:13-15] to give to the impoverished saints in Jerusalem, the goal being that no one would have too much or too little. This idea is pretty far-fetched in modern-day culture, where we are taught to look out for ourselves and are thus rewarded. The gap is…
Every Knee Will Bow: The Political Implications of Paul’s Eschatology
Therefore God has raised him to the loftiest height and bestowed upon him the name that is above all names, In order that in the name of Jesus Every knee will bow, In heaven and on earth and under the earth; And every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord! To the glory of God…
Short Thought Saturday: Live Peaceably With All
“If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.” – Romans 12:18 This verse came to me on inauguration day this year. I was depressed. I did not like what was happening in America. It was not so much the actual person being inaugurated as it was the extreme polarization of…
In A Far Country 