In every attempt to merge Christianity and nationalism, the nationalism dominates and distorts the Christianity, because nationalism is about domination, while the way of Jesus Christ is self-sacrificial servanthood.
Tag Archives: faith
Inviting Jesus (Mark 2:13–17)
We are to invite, and to offer a Jesus who invites: an inviting Jesus.
Seeing the glory (Luke 9:28–36)
We have to make the same decision, on the basis of the same physical evidence, that the ancients had to make. And closely related is our decision about how to read the Bible.
For better or for worse, faith comes by hearing (thoughts on the silencing of a malignant voice)
The silencing of a voice that poisoned our nation and our churches reminds us that “faith comes by hearing” not only when we are listening to the word of Christ but also when we are listening to a different voice.
At the lowest point: hope
This year 2020 is a low year in the life of American Christians in so many ways. I will not enumerate them here, because we all know it, but we have different perspectives on how bad things are, and on what exactly is making them bad, and by enumerating them I would necessarily convey myContinue reading “At the lowest point: hope”
Verba Sparsa 