Who Will Save Us from Ourselves?

Violent crime is up by 5.6% overall but homicides are up by over 22% according to my simple calculation.

I have proposed recently that the American public is becoming unhinged in ways I have not witnessed before.

Don’t Redraw the Boundary Lines Jesus Erased

God delights in reconciling estranged people. From the first pages of the Bible to the last, God repairs and restores broken relationships.

This theme of reconciling estranged groups, specifically ethnic ones, is so dominant in the New Testament, specifically in Paul’s letters, that I almost missed the forest for the trees.

2,000 Palm Sundays Later, We Still Misunderstand Jesus

On the first Palm Sunday, Jesus forced people into a perplexing dilemma as they tried to understand His life and teaching. Was He a prophet, a triumphant king, compassionate healer, or was He a blasphemous fraud who created turmoil?

2,000 years later on this Palm Sunday on March 28th, 2021, we still are struggling to understand this Man of Nazareth.

Progressive and conservative Christians are locked in a divisive battle over who more accurately represents Jesus. Both groups claim they are the ones who faithfully emulate His life and teachings. It is the other side that gets Jesus wrong.