Apprentice 2 Jesus

Culture

  • “We are all more or less wrong”

    An excerpt I read from a letter reflecting on the heartache in the Middle East. The quote is from Thomas Merton: Read more

  • Loving our neighbor

    There were two items I read that connected in my mind and heart this week. They put together what I have had challenging my heart from NT Wright’s statements on the purpose of Romans 8. The deepest part of who I am exists for the world. This is the purpose of Christ’s salvation. I am… Read more

  • Why still be a Christian?

    This question comes up in an era of so many leaving the American church. There are quite a few stories of why many left. There are also stories of why people stayed. The Holy Post Podcast is bringing out a series with folks who have been vilified by the white evangelical church … and yet… Read more

  • Just label it “socialist” and you “win”

    We get into the habit in this country of having an argument over ideologies and what seems to be the “closing shot” for what used to be conservatives is “that’s just socialism.” Boom. End of discussion. Read more

  • The devaluing of life

    Somehow the “red states” think they are “pro-life” and will still find ways to kill people. Read more

  • Tim Keller — ministry shifts he engaged

    I am working my way through Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation by Collin Hansen. Read more

  • Antisemitism and the fallacy of “free speech”

    When Elon Musk was finalizing the takeover of Twitter last year, someone asked me what that meant. I said, “It’s the owner of nuclear dump site buying a dumpster fire and saying, ‘I can make this better.’” Powerful people can’t help themselves. They buy up avenues in which they want to “say things” and then… Read more

  • Tribalism and Truth

    We have been Balkanizing the U.S. for quite some time. We truly want to hang out only with “our folks” no matter the place on the political spectrum. I miss the days before social media. Truly. Read more

  • “Being righteous” is out… “FEELING righteous” is in

    Founder of Fox News, Roger Ailes, famously said, “People don’t want to be informed; they want to feel informed.” Likewise, today’s culture warring evangelicals don’t want to be righteous; they want to feel righteous. And they will abundantly reward any politician, cable news personality, pastor, or pundit who supplies this feeling. Christian Nationalism, and its… Read more

  • The further abuses of our false “national religion”

    The Party of Trump… excuse me, the “Republican Party”… debate last week was only something that was worth watching clips that were entirely predictable. The sad scene of almost every candidate raising their hand to say they would potentially support a convicted felon who orchestrated an attempted coup if he were the party’s nominee in… Read more