There were two ways into the city. Two winds moving through the same streets. Two gospels already being believed. From the West—empire. Boots on stone. Iron catching light. Horses restless for violence, their bodies remembering what they were trained to do. Standards lifted—bright, unquestioned. Carried like certainty. A kingdom fluent in power, calling it peace. A kingdom drenched in blood, calling it righteousness. A kingdom that names God without fear of God. Church—be car

How long, O Lord, while cities burn? How long while the earth is lowered into graves? Your disciples once said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?” It is not hard to imagine asking the same. That instinct sits close to the surface — the desire to answer violence with something stronger, to call it justice, to feel certain we are right. You turned and rebuked them. And later, in a garden heavy with fear, you said, “Put your sword back in its p

From Glastonbury a scream broke through— 'death, death to the IDF'— words, not nice, should have been silenced, but words. Should the...

How long, O Lord? How long will the blood of children cry from the dust? How long will hostages be held and celebrations be made of...

The incarnation—the advent and arrival of the God-Man, Jesus—unfolded in a time of escalating turmoil, as the Jewish nation hurtled...

A few decades after the crucifixion of Jesus, a profound transformation occurred. The Jewish world descended into chaos, society...

Jesus was a heretic. I now have your attention, for how can a Christian theological educator and church leader have the audacity to claim...

Jesus is unusual, strange, and unsettling—a stranger, an enigma, and a mystery to both contemporary secular and religious sensibilities....

Father of Creation, God of Peace, We praise you for your son Jesus, The Lamb upon the Throne. We praise you that your son Jesus said,...

Through the grit and grind of daily life in Judea and Galilee, there persisted a defiant hope: that one day, a Messiah would emerge to...

There is a certain kind of religion, An opium for the masses. It Numbs, Distracts, And anaesthetizes us from the pain of the world, Into...

The dual myths of unrestrained capitalism and consumerism articulate an ideological empire that tells us that this is the way things...

‘Today the world is on the brink of ruin because the church refuses to be the church, because we Christians have been deceiving ourselves...

I was laid awake last night thinking about the horror unfolding in Gaza and Israel. I got up this morning and wrote down a few thoughts....

A few thoughts. Jesus, in contrast to much implicit within contemporary Christianity, opposed what we may call the myth of redemptive...

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Jesus commanded the love of enemies. Does this mean that Christians are to be embrace passivity when faced with injustice and oppression?...

Jesus proclaimed and embodied the Kingdom of God. In contrast to the violence and force employed by the Roman Empire, Jesus advocated for...