• < 1 Minute Read Subscribe via iTunes | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | Audible In this episode, Kurt Willems sits down with Dr. Dennis Edwards (associate professor of New Testament, North Park) to discuss his book, Might From the Margins: The Gospel’s Power to Turn the Tables on Injustice. GIVE THE SHOW SOME LOVE 1) If you would be so kind …
The Good Friday Agreement: What Peace in Ireland Can Teach Us About Peace on Earth
• 4 Minute Read On my commute home this evening I was listening to the Fundamentalists podcasts hosted by Peter Rollins in which he mentioned an event called ‘the Belfast Agreement’ or because of the day it was signed, ‘The Good Friday Agreement.’ This was an agreement signed Good Friday, April 10, 1998 that …
God for Guns: A Christian Response to Yet Another School Shooting
• 7 Minute Read …many of those who cling more tightly to their weapons at times like this are Christians who would label themselves as conservatives. These people of course will defend their rights to “bear arms” as part of their heritage as Americans, as this seems promised under the Second Amendment. Of course, I have never actually met one who also claims to be part of a well-regulated state militia, which was the grounds for the Second Amendment in the first place. Beyond this however, I think we get a peek at the larger and deeper issue. What this reveals is an issue of trust, and what we trust is what we ultimately worship.
Jesus’ Radical Kingdom Reformation within Judaism (and some stuff about The Reformation)
• 7 Minute Read ust like Luther, and the later reformers 500 years ago, the message of Jesus upset the gatekeepers of religious boundaries.
Whenever this happens, the gatekeepers must decide if they are going to tear down the arbitrary gates and redefine who is “in.” Or will they resist as though the movement of God is limited by human boundaries?
Creative Love in a Conflicted World: Mending Divides as Peacemakers
• 5 Minute Read I hope that the beginning of Autumn is treating you well. It certainly feels good to move into a new season. For me, a new season is a time to lean into refreshment. Fresh starts. Fresh patterns. Fresh opportunities. Yet at some level, the change of season doesn’t solve the …
Disclaimer: I’m a dude. I do theology. But I want to listen.
• 4 Minute Read Alternatively titled: “In which I state the obvious, because sometimes the obvious must be said.” Disclaimer: I do White, North American, Male theology. It only seems fair to let you know. If others are told, or feel that they need to put a qualifier in front of the word theology …
Jonah Knew God (But Didn’t Love like God): What this Odd Prophet Teaches Us about Peacemaking
• 6 Minute Read Jonah has always been one of my favorite books in the bible. Just thinking about it brings back memories of flannel-graphs, paper pictures of x-rayed fish with a man kneeling somewhere near the lower intestine and Sunday school stories about a little man who thought he could disobey God. I …