Over the last week, U.S. embassies and facilities around the world have become targets for demonstrations and violence. First in Libya and now in multiple places, outraged crowds of people protest what they understand to be profoundly offensive and blasphemous portrayals of their religion and its founding prophet. Reportedly, an Egyptian born Coptic Christian man …
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An Olympic Apocalypse
Last night I joined a billion others in watching the opening ceremonies of the 30th Olympic Games broadcast from London. My billion plus friends and I were treated to stunning sights, sounds, and sentiments. Together we were like a crowd no one could number easily or ever, joining those who were physically encircling the center …
What About the Poor?
Here are facts we must not ignore. Jesus explicitly calls the gospel: Good news to the poor (see Luke 4:18-19). He doesn’t say, “ … to the poor also,” as if the primary target is a larger group and he’s clarifying that “the poor” are not excluded. No, the gospel is to the poor period. …
Outbreak Hagioi
Imagine an “outbreak of holiness.” Of course, only God is absolutely holy. Still, God calls his people to be holy as well and has taken action to make this possible. Toward the beginning of our Scripture’s story, God provided instruction and a system of sacrifice so the people could avoid living just like everyone else—apart …
“RE-DEFINING” MARRIAGE
Last week our President announced the end of his personal evolution of thought on same-sex marriage by endorsing it. He acknowledges the deeply divisive nature of the issue and thus the differing conclusions to which others have, and will, come. He grounded his conclusions in a love ethic that endeavors to practice the Golden Rule …