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November 21, 2019

The Discipleship Question: When Following Jesus Gets Put on Trial



This is the final test.





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Published on November 21, 2019 15:40

November 15, 2019

The Peacemaker Question: The Difference in Loving and Making Peace



Keeping the peace under an oppressive status quo and accepting things as they are isn’t truly peace.





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Published on November 15, 2019 09:42

November 8, 2019

The Caesar Question: Where Does Your Ultimate Loyalty Lie?



The task for followers of Jesus is to respect the role of what government is supposed to be but make clear where our loyalties lie.





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Published on November 08, 2019 06:08

November 7, 2019

Advent is a Manifesto for Turning the World Upside Down



Jesus’ birth was an event destined to radically transform the earth with the kingdom of God.





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Published on November 07, 2019 06:07

October 31, 2019

The Fear Question: How Fear Has Become a Political Strategy



How are we to respond when there’s a global political strategy to make people afraid of those who are different than them?





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Published on October 31, 2019 20:03

October 25, 2019

The Power Question: Checks and Balances Are a Theological Issue



Absolute power does indeed corrupt absolutely.





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Published on October 25, 2019 12:48

October 18, 2019

The Truth Question: How to Seek Truth When the President Normalizes Lies



This connection between truth and freedom captures the danger and the call for followers of Jesus in the Trump era.





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Published on October 18, 2019 06:21

October 11, 2019

Who Bears the Image of God?



The foundation of all human rights, equality, and dignity is all of us being created in the image of God — imago Dei.





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Published on October 11, 2019 00:15

October 3, 2019

And Who Is Your Neighbor?



The "Neighbor Question" explores our failure to recognize and love our neighbors as ourselves and why that is at the root of anti-immigrant and anti-refugee sentiment.





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Published on October 03, 2019 18:20

October 2, 2019

Who Is My Neighbor?



The opposite of loving your neighbor is being indifferent to them.





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Published on October 02, 2019 18:01