What is our primary role as Christians? “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you.” (Matt 28:19-20, NRSV) The Great Commission implies our job is to mold […]
Read More The Kingdom of God is inherently politicalBefore tackling the three crises in America I talked about in my last post here, there is a little-recognized sin we need to discuss. Whenever Christians debate about what sin is the one from which all other human problems emerge, pride is usually named. And that’s probably true – the root of the Fall as […]
Read More The sin of self-deception: Christian Idolatry, Part IIChristianity is both intensely political and apolitical. The Gospels and early Christians loudly proclaimed the very political opinion that “Jesus is Lord,” a direct contradiction and parody of the Roman slogan “Caesar is Lord.” Yet when several people tried to corner Jesus into making an overtly political statement regarding paying taxes to Caesar, Jesus demurred […]
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David S. Wisener 