Systemic Evils Aren’t Your Responsibility, They’re Ours
For more on this subject, listen to our podcast conversation with Michael Rhodes, “Is ‘Systemic Injustice’ Biblical?“ I remember the…
The Key Biblical Principle for Police Reform? Humane Imagination
Being a skinhead in Tulsa Oklahoma meant regular encounters with the police. Back in the 1980s/90s, officers didn’t seem to…
Teaching Genesis’ Beautiful Vision in an Incarcerated Context
It’s Tuesday morning. I’m about to head out the door. With a wry smile, I say to my family, “I’m…
A Pentecostal’s Biblical Reflections on the Asbury Revival
As a Pentecostal, I am familiar with revival language. It is common practice in my sphere to seek or pray…
The Sabbath as a Key to Understanding Biblical Law, Part 1
As a child, I enjoyed books with “exploded” views of great machines, within which all the component parts of some…
Will the Church Ever Understand Biblical Law?
This article was originally published by the Theopolis Institute on April 21, 2022. This slightly modified version has been republished…
When the Beatitudes Aren’t Meant for You: Learning from Impoverished Nicaraguans and a Faithful Centurion
When I was 23 years old, through circumstances that still seem like some strange set of miracles or angel-nudges, I…
All Reward and Provision Come from God—Not the Meritocracy
Whenever a student comes into my office in tears, I know there’s a very good chance that the source of…
The Therapeutic Use of Lamentations after Collective Trauma
Lamentations is a gift to soothe our personal griefs and secure our membership in a cloud of suffering witnesses to the faithfulness of God.
